India Languages List PDF

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India Languages List

India writes in many languages and speaks in many more voices. And yet, communication has never broken down in this subcontinent. With about 2.4% of the world’s land surface and a total of 16% of the world’s population (India: A Country Study by James Heitzman and Robert L. Worden eds. Federal Research Division; 1995), India houses according to one estimate, 1,652 “mothertongues” – including 103 foreign mother tongues.

Recognized national languages of India

A total of 22 languages are recognized by the Constitution of India:

1. Assamese — official language of Assam
2. Bengali — official language of Tripura and West Bengal
3. Bodo — official language of Assam
4. Dogri — official language of Jammu and Kashmir
5. Gujarati — official language of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Gujarat
6. Hindi — official language of Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal
7. Kannada — official language of Karnataka
8. Kashmiri — official language of Jammu and Kashmir
9. Konkani — official language of Goa and Mangalore
10. Malayalam — official language of Kerala and Lakshadweep
11. Manipuri or Meithei — official language of Manipur
12. Marathi — official language of Maharashtra
13. Nepali — official language of Sikkim
14. Oriya — official language of Orissa
15. Punjabi — official language of Punjab and Chandigarh, second official language of Delhi and Haryana
16. Sanskrit — language of Hinduism, required teaching in many schools
17. Santali – language of the Santhal tribals of the Chota Nagpur Plateau (comprising the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa and Chattisgarh)
18. Sindhi – language of the Sindhi community
19. Tamil — official language of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry
20. Telugu — official language of Andhra Pradesh
21. Urdu — official language of Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh

Other Important State languages

These languages are state official languages but are not yet recognized as national languages:

• Kokborok – official language of Tripura
• Mizo – official language of Mizoram
• Khasi – official language of Meghalaya
• Garo – official language of Meghalaya

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