Languages in India
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The number of languages recognised
by the Indian Constitution is
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22
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At the inception of Indian
constitution in 1950, the number of recognised languages was
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14
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The languages which were added to
the Eighth Schedule are
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Sindhi, Konkani, Nepali, Manipuri,
Maithili, Dogri, Bodo and Santhali.
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Number of identifiable mother
tongues as per Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation report of
2011
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234
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The first language to be conferred
the status of a Classical Language
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Tamil
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Other languages which have been
conferred the status of a Classical Language
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Sanskrit, Kannada, Malayalam,
Telugu and Odia
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The official language of Nagaland
is
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English
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The official language of Jammu and
Kashmir
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Urdu
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The official language of Goa
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Konkani
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The official language of the
Supreme Court and High Court as prescribed by the Constitution of India is
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English
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The principal languages of
Lakshdweep are
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Jeseri (Dweep Bhasha) and Mahal
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Foreign language commonly spoken
in Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry) is
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French
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The Indian language known as the
'Italian of the East' is
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Telugu
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The principal languages of the
Andaman & Nicobar islands are
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Hindi, Nicobarese, Bengali, Tamil,
Malayalam and Telugu.
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English is not in the list of
recognised languages
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List of Languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian
Constitution
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Language
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Predominantly
spoken in
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Recognised
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1. Assamese
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Assam
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1950
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2. Bengali
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West Bengal
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1950
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3. Bodo
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Assam, West Bengal
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2003
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4. Dogri
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Jammu, Himachal Pradesh
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2003
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5. Gujarati
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Gujarat
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1950
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6. Hindi
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Most parts of Northern States
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1950
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7. Kashmiri
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Jammu and Kashmir
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1950
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8. Kannada
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Karnataka
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1950
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9. Konkani
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Goa and parts of Karnataka
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1992
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10. Malayalam
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Kerala
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1950
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11. Manipuri
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Manipur
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1992
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12. Marathi
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Maharashtra
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1950
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13. Maithili
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Parts of Bihar
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2003
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14. Nepali
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Sikkim and parts of West Bengal
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1992
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15. Odia
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Odisha
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1950
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16. Punjabi
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Punjab, Chandigarh
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1950
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17. Sanskrit
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-
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1950
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18. Sindhi
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Scattered in Gujarat, Rajasthan
and Maharashtra
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1967
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19. Santhali
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Spoken by Santhal tribe in
Jharkhand, Bihar, W.B.
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2003
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20. Tamil
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Tamilnadu, Puducherry
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1950
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21. Telugu
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Andhra Pradesh
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1950
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22. Urdu
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Northern India
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1950
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Languages of the World
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The total number of languages in
the world as recorded by Ethnologue, the journal that chronicles
the languages of the world
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7105
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The languages having the highest number
of speakers in the world
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Chinese (Mandarin)
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The languages having the second
highest number of speakers in the world
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Spanish
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The languages having the third,
fourth and fifth highest number of speakers in the
world
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English, Hindi and Arabic
respectively
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The official language of Pakistan
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Urdu
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The language having the largest
number of native speakers in Pakistan
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Punjabi
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The official language of Bhutan
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Dzongkha
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The official language of Israel
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Hebrew
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The official languages of
Switzerland
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German, (63.7%), French (20.4%),
Italian (6.5%) and Romansch (0.5%)
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Institutions for promotion of Languages
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Institution
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Location
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Central Institute of Indian
Languages
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Mysore, Karnataka
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Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya
Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
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Wardha, Maharashtra
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English and Foreign Languages
University
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Hyderabad, A.P.
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Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan
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New Delhi
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Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya
Sanskrit Vidyapeeth
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New Delhi
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Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth
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Tirupathi
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Maulana Azad National Urdu
University
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Hyderabad
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Central Institute of Classical
Tamil
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Chennai
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