It is a branch of the larger Indo European group of languages which came to India with the advent of Aryans. Gujarat and Maharashtra, especially Ulhasnagar Jharkhand as well as in the states of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
Official language of Punjab and Chandigarh, 2nd official language of Delhi and Haryana Maharashtra, Goa,Dara and Nagra Haveli and Danman and Diu
Check out the list of all the 22 languages of India as recognized by the Indian constitution.ĭadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, GujaratĪndaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengalĭadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala (The Konkan Coast) Originally, only 14 languages were mentioned and later, after several amendments, the other languages were added. Part XVII of the Indian constitution deals with the official languages of India from articles 343 to 351. There are 22 languages that have been recognized in the eighth schedule of the Indian constitution. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals." So English in addition to Hindi, continues to be used for all official purposes as an associate official language.Īrticle 343(1) of the Indian constitution specifically mentions that, "The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. It was provided in the Constitution of India that English shall continue to be used for all official purposes of the Union till Janubut the complete change over to Hindi was not practicable within the stipulated period. The Indian Constitution, in 1950, declared Hindi in Devanagari Script to be the official language of the union. Indo - Aryan language family is a part of the Indo European language family. The languages spoken in the subcontinent are derived from several language families but mostly they are from Indo - Aryan language families. It should be noted that several dialects can be derived from a common language.
India is home to several hundred languages.