LANGUAGES OF INDIA

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 principal languages of the Andaman and Nicobar islands are

Hindi, Nicobarese, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu

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