Languages
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Hindi is the most spoken language in India
22 languages are listed in Eighth Schedule of Indian Constitution
Sanskrit is the oldest Indo-European language used in Vedas
Tamil is one of the oldest living languages in the world
Devanagari script is used for Hindi, Sanskrit, and Marathi
Bengali is the second most spoken language in India
Classical language status given to Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia
Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Santhali added to 8th Schedule in 2003
Sindhi was added to 8th Schedule in 1967 (21st Amendment)
English is used as subsidiary official language in India
Konkani and Manipuri were added in 1992 (71st Amendment)
Urdu is official language of Jammu & Kashmir and Telangana
Marathi has the richest classical literary tradition after Sanskrit and Tamil
Assamese and Odia are also listed as classical languages (2014)
Braille script is used by visually impaired; India adopted it to support all languages