List official languages of India

The official languages of the India can be classified in two categories:

  • on the one hand the official languages of the central administration which are the Hindi and the English (associated official language).
  • in addition, the Constitution of India also defines twenty-two classified languages (in English, scheduled languages ) which are the languages which can be officially adopted by the various federate States (but which are also used between the local governments and the national government like for the contests of civils servant).

The English is not any more with parity with the Hindi since 1965: since, the posted objective is that it is replaced by only the Hindi. Opposition of certain States, as the Tamil Nadu where the penetration of the Hindi is very weak, makes that the system known as of the twin languages is always that in force. However, because of opening of Indian industry towards the outside world since the Years 1990 and the Universalization of the economy, English finds a great importance and the projects of elimination as a language of communication interns were put on side.

Official languages (central administration)

  1. Hindi (हिन्दी), writes also Hindi (belonged to the Hindustani with the Ourdou);

  2. English (regarded as associate official , associated official language)

Recognized national languages of India (list classified for official use)

  1. Assamais (অসমীয়া or ôxômiya - API) (official language of the Assam)

  2. Bengalais (official language of the Tripura and the Western Bengal)
  3. Bodo (official language of the Assam)
  4. Dogri (official language of the Jammu-and-Cashmere)
  5. Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) (official language of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, of Daman and Diu and the Gujarat)
  6. Hindi (official language of the islands Andaman and Nicobar, of the Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, the Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal)
  7. Kannada (official language of the Karnataka)
  8. Kashmiri (کٲشُر) (Cashmere)
  9. Konkani (official language of Goa)
  10. Maithili (official language of the Bihar)
  11. Malayalam (മലയാളം) (official language of the Kerala, of the islands Laquedives and official regional in the Territory of Pondichéry)
  12. Manipuri (in English Meithei , official language of the Manipur)
  13. Marathi (मराठी) (official language of the Maharashtra)
  14. Mizo (official language of the Mizoram)
  15. Nepalese (नेपाली) (official language of the Sikkim)
  16. Oriya (official language of the Orissa)
  17. Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) (official language of the Penjab)
  18. Sanskrit (संस्कृतम)
  19. Santali
  20. Sindhi
  21. Tamoul (தமிழ்) (official language of the Tamil Nadu and the Pondichéry)
  22. Télougou (official language of the Andhra Pradesh and official regional in the Territory of Pondichéry)
  23. Urdu (اردو) (official language of the Jammu-and-Cashmere)

Other common languages in India

(more than 5 million speakers but official statute)

  1. Awadhi (often regarded as an alternative of the Hindi )

  2. Bhili (language of the tribes aboriginals Bhil)
  3. Bhojpuri (language of the Bihar, often regarded as an alternative of the Hindi )
  4. Bundeli (often regarded as an alternative of the Hindi )
  5. Chhattisgarhi (language of the Chhattisgarh, often regarded as an alternative of the Hindi )
  6. Gondî (language of the tribes aboriginals Hinge)
  7. Haryanvi (language of the Haryana, often regarded as an alternative of the Hindi )
  8. Hindustani (the whole of the speeches of the Hindi and Urdu before the separation of the two languages, very largely spoken in India about North)
  9. Kanauji (language of the Uttar Pradesh, often regarded as an alternative of the Hindi , area of Kanauj)
  10. Kutchi (language of the Koutch)
  11. Magahi (language of the Bihar of the south, often considered as an alternative of Hindi)
  12. Marwari (language of the the Rajasthan, often regarded as an alternative of the Hindi )
  13. Tulu (spoken by the people Tulle about the Karnataka and the Kerala).

Pondichéry

The French which is a Official language Territoire of Pondichéry, does not have an official statute on the level of the Federal state. It is the only “foreign” language which has an official statute apart from English.

See too

Internal bond

External bonds

  • Indian linguistic groups
  • Department off Official Language (FRAUD) - official Page concerning the Official Languages Act (law on the official languages) and its various amendments
  • Central Institute off Indian Languages - an official site of the federal government of India offering complete information on the languages of India

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