The number of languages recognized by the Indian Constitution is 22 At the inception of Indian constitution in 1950, number of recognized languages was 14 The languages which were added to the Eighth Schedule are Sindhi, Konkani, Nepali, Manipuri, Maithili, Dogri, Bodo and Santhali Number of identifiable mother tongues as per Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation report of 2011 234 The first language to be conferred the status of a Classical Language Tamil The official language of Nagaland is English The official language of Jammu and Kashmir Urdu The official language of Goa Konkani The official language of the Supreme Court and High Court as prescribed by the Constitution of India is English The principal language of Lakshwadeep are Jeseri ( Dweep Bhasha ) and Mahal Foreign language commonly spoken in Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry) is French The Indian language known as the ‘Italian of the East’ is Telugu The principa...