Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India

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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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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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Maithili recognizedIn Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
Sindhi recognizedBy 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
Santhali includedIn Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
Assamese recognizedIn Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
Kurukh recognizedBy Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
Languages of India constitutionalReference Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
Boro language includedIn Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
Article 351 of the Constitution of India refersTo Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
Marathi–Konkani languages recognizedIn Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
this entity surface form: Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India via Konkani