Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Languages of India


The number of languages recognised by the Indian Constitution is22
As per Article 343(1) of the Indian Constitution, the official language of India isHindi in Devanagari script
At the inception of Indian constitution in 1950, the number of recognised languages was14
The languages which were added to the Eighth Schedule areSindhi, Konkani, Nepali, Manipuri, Maithili, Dogri, Bodo and Santhali.
Number of identifiable mother tongues as per Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation report of 2011234
The first language to be conferred the status of a Classical LanguageTamil
Other languages which have been conferred the status of a Classical LanguageSanskrit, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and Odia
The official language of Nagaland isEnglish
The official language of Jammu and KashmirUrdu
The official language of GoaKonkani
The official language of the Supreme Court and High Court as prescribed by the Constitution of India isEnglish
The principal languages of Lakshdweep areJeseri (Dweep Bhasha) and Mahal
Foreign language commonly spoken in Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry) isFrench
The two States which have Sanskrit as one of their official languagesUttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh
The Indian language known as the 'Italian of the East' isTelugu
The principal languages of the Andaman & Nicobar islands areHindi, Nicobarese, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu.
English is not in the list of recognised languages

Institutions for promotion of Languages in India

InstitutionLocation
Central Institute of Hindi (Kendriya Hindi Sansthan)Agra, U.P.
Central Institute of Indian LanguagesMysore, Karnataka
Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi VishwavidyalayaWardha, Maharashtra
English and Foreign Languages UniversityHyderabad, A.P.
Rashtriya Sanskrit SansthanNew Delhi
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit VidyapeethNew Delhi
Rashtriya Sanskrit VidyapeethTirupathi
Maulana Azad National Urdu UniversityHyderabad
Central Institute of Classical TamilChennai