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LANGUAGES OF INDIA

The number of languages recognised 22

by the Indian Constitution is
As per Article 343(1) of the Indian Hindi in Devanagari

Constitution, the official language of script
India is

At the inception of Indian 14
constitution in 1950, the number of
recognised languages was

The languages which were added to Sindhi, Konkani,

the Eighth Schedule are Nepali, Manipuri,
Maithili, Dogri, Bodo
and Santhali.

Number of identifiable mother 234
tongues as per Ministry of Statistics

and Programme Implementation
report of 2011

The first language to be conferred Tamil
the status of a Classical Language

Other languages which have been Sanskrit, Kannada,
conferred the status of a Classical Malayalam, Telugu and
Language Odia

The official language of Nagaland is English

The official language of Jammu and Urdu

Kashmir

The official language of Goa Konkani
The official language of the English

Supreme Court and High Court as
prescribed by the Constitution of
India is

The principal languages of Jeseri (Dweep Bhasha)
Lakshdweep are and Mahal