Names of India in its official languages
The following table lists the names of India in its official languages. The sole official language of India is Hindi in Devanagari script as per Article 343 of The INDIAN constitution. English has the status of a "subsidiary official language". The Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution lists 22 languages, which have been referred to as scheduled languages and given recognition, status, and official encouragement.
Official Languages
Language |
Official short form |
Official long form |
|---|---|---|
Hindi |
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English |
India |
Republic of India |
Eighth Schedule Languages
Language |
Official short form |
Official long form |
|---|---|---|
Assamese''' |
|
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Bengali''' |
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Bodo''' |
|
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Dogri''' |
|
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Gujarati''' |
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Hindi |
|
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Kannada''' |
|
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Kashmiri''' |
or भारत |
or भारत गणराज्य |
Konkani''' |
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Maithili''' |
|
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Malayalam''' |
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Meitei (Manipuri) |
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Marathi''' |
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Nepali''' |
|
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Oriya''' |
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Punjabi''' |
or |
or |
Sanskrit''' |
|
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Santali''' |
ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ |
ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱯᱱᱟᱹᱛ |
Sindhi''' |
or भारत |
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Tamil''' |
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Telugu''' |
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Urdu''' |
or |
or |
See also
- Names of India
- Bharat (disambiguation)