Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India

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constitutional schedule part of the Constitution of India

The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India is the official list of recognized languages that are granted special status and support by the Indian government.

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional schedule ⓘ
part of the Constitution of India ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction India ⓘ
surface form: Republic of India
country India ⓘ
currentNumberOfLanguages 22 ⓘ
grantsStatus scheduled language ⓘ
languageListed Assamese ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ
Bodo ⓘ
Dogri ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Kannada ⓘ
Kashmiri language ⓘ
surface form: Kashmiri

Konkani ⓘ
Maithili ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
Manipuri ⓘ
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form: Marathi

Nepali ⓘ
Odia ⓘ
Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi

Sanskrit ⓘ
Santhali ⓘ
Sindhi ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
legalStatus in force ⓘ
originalNumberOfLanguages 14 ⓘ
partOfDocument Constitution of India ⓘ
purpose to grant special status to listed languages ⓘ
to list languages recognized by the Constitution of India ⓘ
to provide for development of listed languages ⓘ
relatedTo Article 344 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 351 of the Constitution of India ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santhali → includedIn → Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Bodo → listedIn → Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Bodo language
Dogri → partOf → Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Kurukh → recognizedBy → Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Sindhi → recognizedBy → Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Assamese → recognizedIn → Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Maithili → recognizedIn → Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ