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How many official languages are listed in the constitution?
How many official languages are listed in the constitution?
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There are 22 official languages in India and they are covered under the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution.
22 official languages are listed in the 8th schedule of the Indian constitution.
The languages are – Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
The official language is used for communication between states and the union, and between states themselves. However, if two or more states agree to use Hindi as the official language for communication between them, they can do so.