atic . ▁Many ▁languages ▁rank ▁within ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁speaking ▁them , ▁e . g ., ▁H indi - U r du ▁ 5 th , ▁Bang la ▁ 7 th , ▁Mar ath i ▁ 1 2 th ▁and ▁so ▁on ▁as ▁per ▁the ▁List ▁of ▁languages ▁by ▁number ▁of ▁native ▁speak ers . ▁Creating ▁word net s ▁of ▁Indian ▁languages ▁is ▁therefore ▁a ▁highly ▁important ▁te ch no - s cient ific ▁and ▁lingu istic ▁project . ▁ ▁Gen esis ▁of ▁Indian ▁language ▁word net s ▁Such ▁project ▁indeed ▁took ▁off ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁with ▁H indi ▁Word Net ▁being ▁created ▁by ▁the ▁Natural ▁Language ▁Process ing ▁group ▁at ▁the ▁Center ▁for ▁Indian ▁Language ▁Technology ▁( C FI LT ) ▁in ▁the ▁Computer ▁Science ▁and ▁Engineering ▁Department ▁at ▁I IT ▁Bomb ay . ▁It ▁was ▁made ▁public ly ▁available ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁under ▁the ▁GNU ▁license . ▁The ▁H indi ▁Word Net ▁was ▁created ▁with ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁T DI L ▁project ▁of ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Communic ation ▁and ▁Information ▁Technology , ▁India ▁and ▁also ▁partially ▁from ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Human ▁Resources ▁Development , ▁India . ▁ ▁Word net s ▁of ▁other ▁languages ▁of ▁India ▁then ▁followed ▁suit . ▁The ▁large ▁nation wide ▁project ▁of ▁building ▁Indian ▁language ▁word net s ▁was ▁called ▁the ▁Ind o Word Net ▁project . ▁Ind o Word Net ▁is ▁a ▁linked ▁lex ical ▁knowledge ▁base ▁of ▁word net s ▁of ▁ 1