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Principle Languages of INDIA

            India has 22 languages which have been given the official language status.
Assamese - It is an Indo-Aryan language and is the official language of Assam.

Bengali - It is one of the leading Indo-Aryan language and is the official language of West Bengal.

Hindi - The largest spoken Indo-Aryan language. It is the official language of the Government of India. Various dialects of hindi are Khariboli, Brajbhasha, Bundeli, Awadhi, Marwari, Maithili and Bhojpuri. In 6 states and UTs, hindi is the official language.

Gujarati - It is an Indo-Aryan language and is the official language of Gujarat.

Kannada - It belongs to the Dravidian family and is the official language of Karnataka.

Kashmiri - It is an Indo-Aryan language. It is often mistaken as the official language of Jammu and Kashmir.

Konkani - It is the official language of Goa and is spoken by thousands of Konkanis in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala. It was added in 1992 by 71st Amendment.

Malayalam - Belong to the Dravidian family and is the official language of Kerala.

Manipuri - It is the official language of Manipur. It was added in 1992 by 71st Amendment.

Marathi - It is an Indo-Aryan language and is the official language of Maharashtra.

Nepali - It is spoken in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam etc. It was added in 1992 by 71st Amendment.
Odia - It is an Indo-Aryan language and is the official language of Odisha.

Punjabi - It is an Indo-Aryan language and is the official language of Punjab.

Sanskrit - It is one of the earliest languages of the world. Early Sanskrit is known as Vedic Sanskrit and covers the period between 2,000 and 500 BC.

Sindhi - It is an Indo-Aryan language. It was added in 1967 by 21st Amendment.

Tamil - It is the oldest of the Dravidian languages and is the official language of Tamil Nadu.

Telugu - It is numerically the biggest of the Dravidian languages and is the official language of Andhra Pradesh.

Urdu - It is the official language of Jammu and Kashmir. Modern Urdu developed due to the efforts of Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan (1817 - 1898).

Dogri - It is generally spoken in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu. It is a combination of ancient Sanskrit and Pahari Dogri languages. It has been added by the 92nd Constitutional amendment Act, 2003.

Maithili - It is chiefly spoken in the Maithilianchal region of Bihar. It is the second stage language of Bihar. It has been added by the 92nd Constitutional amendment Act, 2003.

Santhali - It is chiefly spoken in the area of Chhotanagpur plateau in Jharkhand and Bihar. It has been added by the 92nd Constitutional amendment Act, 2003.

Bodo - It is chiefly spoken in Assam and it's adjoining North-East states. It has been added by the 92nd Constitutional amendment Act, 2003.


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