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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