All 22 scheduled languages
The Eighth Schedule lists languages; it does not declare them all national languages.
Contains all 45 Indian properties on UNESCO’s World Heritage List at review, all 16 Representative List elements, and all 22 Eighth Schedule languages. These lists are distinct from India’s much wider cultural heritage and living languages.
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Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Bengali
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Bodo
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Dogri
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Gujarati
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Hindi
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Kannada
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Kashmiri
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Konkani
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Maithili
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Malayalam
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Manipuri
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Marathi
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Nepali
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Odia
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Punjabi
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Sanskrit
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Santali
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Sindhi
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Tamil
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Telugu
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
Urdu
Language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Legislative Department · Eighth Schedule ↗- Scheduled-language status is distinct from a state’s official-language law and from classical-language recognition.
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