LIST OF 22 LANGUAGES IN THE CONSTITUTION
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Language
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States
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1. Assamese
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Assam,
Arunachal Pradesh |
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2. Benga
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West Bengal, Assam and
Tripura, Andaman islands and Bangladesh |
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3. Gujarati
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Gujarat, Daman,
and Diu |
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4. Hindi
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Almost every part of the
country including North-Central India |
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5. Kannada
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Karnataka
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6. Kashmiri
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Kashmir
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7. Konkani
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It is the
official language of Goa but spoken in Southern Maharashtra, North Karnataka, Kerala also. |
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8. Malayalam
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Southwestern Kerala,
Lakshadweep, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu |
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9. Manipuri
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Manipur, Assam,
Mizoram, Tripura, Bangladesh, and Myanmar |
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10. Marathi
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In addition to
Maharashtra, it is spoken in Goa, Karnataka, Gujarat, Daman and Diu and Dadar, and Nagar Haveli. |
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11. Nepali
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It is the
national language of Nepal. It is also spoken in Sikkim, West Bengal, North-eastern states, Bhutan, Tibet, and Myanmar. |
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12. Odia
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Mainly spoke in Odisha. It
is the official language of the Odisha state. |
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13. Punjabi
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It is the
principal language of Punjab but spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Pakistan, USA, Canada, and Australia also. |
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14. Sanskrit
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At present; this language
is not spoken in almost any part of India. But it is still spoken in Mattur (Mathur) village of Karnataka state. |
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15. Sindhi
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This language
is mainly spoken in Gujarat and Sindh province of Pakistan. |
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16. Tamil
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This is the official
language of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. It is spoken in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Vietnam also. |
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17. Urdu
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It is an
additional official language of Jammu & Kashmir, Telangana, Delhi, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. There are 4.81 crores Urdu speakers in India, 1.07 crores in Pakistan, 6.5 lacs in Bangladesh and 4 lacs in Britain. |
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18. Telugu
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It is the principal
language of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. Apart from these states; it is spoken in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, Puducherry, and Chhattisgarh also. |
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19. Bodo
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Bodo or Baro is
a Tibetan-Burmese language spoken by Bodo people living in northeast, Nepal, and Bangladesh. |
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20. Dogri
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Spoken in the state of
Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. Dogri is the dialect of Punjabi. |
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21. Maithili
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The Maithili
language is spoken in the northern region of Bihar and the Valley of Nepal. |
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22. Santali
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It is spoken in Assam,
Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Tripura and Bengal. It is spoken in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan also. |
