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The government recognizes 21 state official languages.

  • There are a total of 1683 'mother tongues' spoken in India.
  • 850 languages are put in actual use.
  • 21 languages has been certified/recognized by the Constitution of India.
  • 15 languages are written on an Indian rupee.
  • There are 2 official languages- Hindi and English.
  • Sanskrit is considered as the most sacred language of India.
  • There are even many languages that have extincted in the past and unknown to the current generation.

Some languages are (other than Hindi and English):

1. Assamese

2. Bengali

3. Bodo

4. Dogri

5. Gujarati

6. Kannada

7. Kashmiri

8. Konkani

9. Malayalam

10. Maithili

11. Manipuri or Meithei

12. Marathi

13. Nepali

14. Oriya

15. Punjabi

16. Sanskrit

17. Santali

18. Sindhi

19. Tamil

20. Telugu

21. Urdu

English:

National languages are 18. The spoken languages in India are 347.

Few specifics:

According to World Almanac & Book of Facts 2007: The official languages of India are English, Bengali, Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit. Popular in the north but not considered official: Hindustani, a mix of Hindi and Urdu.
There are 22 National Languages have been recognized by the Constitution of India, of which Hindi is the Official Union Language. Besides these, there are 844 different dialects that are practiced in various parts of the Country.

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