Languages

📋Quick Overview

India has 22 Scheduled Languages (8th Schedule) and 6 Classical Languages. Hindi in Devanagari is the official language (Article 343). English is the associate official language.

📖Key Facts

• •22 Scheduled Languages in 8th Schedule of Constitution
• •6 Classical Languages = Tamil (2004), Sanskrit (2005), Kannada (2008), Telugu (2008), Malayalam (2013), Odia (2014)
• •Hindi (Devanagari) = Official Language (Article 343)
• •English = associate official language
• •Most spoken = Hindi, 2nd = Bengali, 3rd = Marathi
• •Tamil = oldest classical language (recognized 2004)

📝More Important Facts

• •Sanskrit = mother of many Indian languages
• •Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Santhali = added in 2003 (last 4 added)
• •Article 350A = instruction in mother tongue at primary stage
• •Article 351 = promotion of Hindi
• •Official Languages Commission = reviews Hindi progress every 5 years
• •Sahitya Akademi recognizes 24 languages (22 scheduled + English + Rajasthani)

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