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Eighth Schedule

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Eighth Schedule

EIGHTH SCHEDULE Articles 344(1) and 351 Languages 1. Assamese. 2. Bengali. 3. Bodo. 4. Dogri. 5. Gujarati. 6. Hindi. 7. Kannada. 8. Kashmiri. 9. Konkani. 10. Maithili. 11. Malayalam. 12. Manipuri. 13. Marathi. 14. Nepali. 15. Odia. 16. Punjabi. 17. Sanskrit. 18. Santhali. 19. Sindhi. 20. Tamil. 21. Telugu. 22. Urdu.

In plain wordsThis is the list of India's 22 official languages, from Assamese and Bengali to Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. A language on this list gets government recognition and support, including use in exams and official translation.
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