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 Republic of India
linked to: India
country India
currentNumberOfLanguages 22
grantsStatus scheduled language
languageListed Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Dogri
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
linked to: Kashmiri language

Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
linked to: Marathi language

Nepali
Odia
Punjabi
linked to: Punjabi language

Sanskrit
Santhali
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
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 language listedIn Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
subject linked to: Bodo
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 via Konkani
linked to: Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India