Languages of India

The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, as of 1 December 2007, lists 22 languages. 

Languages as mentioned in the 8th schedule of Art. 344(1) and 351 are as follows:

•     Assamese
•     Bengali
•     Bodo  [by Constitution (Ninety Second amendment) Act, 1992]
•     Dogri   [by Constitution (Seventy First amendment) Act, 1992]
•     Gujarati
•     Hindi
•     Kannada
•     Kashmiri
•     Konkani  [by Constitution (Seventy First amendment) Act, 1992]
•     Maithili   [by Constitution (Ninety Second amendment) Act, 2003]
•     Malayalam
•     Manipuri  [by Constitution (Seventy First amendment) Act, 1992]
•     Marathi
•     Nepali [by Constitution (Seventy First amendment) Act, 1992]
•     Odia
•     Punjabi
•     Sanskrit
•     Santhali [by Constitution (Ninety Second Amendment) Act, 2003]
•     Sindhi  [by Constitution (Twenty First amendment) Act, 1967]
•     Tamil
•     Telugu
•     Urdu