2006-10-21 02:52:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
India has a diverse list of spoken languages among different groups of people. At least 800 different languages and around 2000 dialects have been identified. The Constitution of India has stipulated the usage of Hindi and English to be the two languages of communication for the Central (Federal) government. The state governments use their own language along with English for communication with the Central government. For example, the central government sends its information in Hindi and English to the state of Karnataka and this state communicates back in Kannada and English.Information from the center to Tamil Nadu is in English and Hindi and this state communicates back in Tamil and English. India has a list of 24 official languages (including Hindi and English). These languages are entitled to representation on the Official Language Commission, and a candidate in an examination conducted for national government service may opt to take the exam in any of these languages.
Neither the constitution nor the laws of India accord the status of "National Language" to any language in India. There is a law which basically says no language will be made the National Language unless and until all the constituent states of the Union of India accept it. Out of the 28 states and 7 union territories, only 10 states and 3 union territories have Hindi as the principal official language.
Article 343 of the India Constitution states that the official language of the Union (India) shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. As drafted in the constitution in 1950, English ceased to exist as an official language (on par with Hindi) in 1965, after which it was intended to continue as an "associate additional official language" until such time that a duly appointed committee can decide on a full-scale transition to Hindi, based on a periodic review. However, due to protests from South Indian states where there is low Hindi penetration, the "twin language" system is still in vogue. Due to rapid industrialization, and a bustling multinational influence in the economy, English continues to be a popular and influential means of communication in the government and day-to-day business, and moves to replace it have effectively been shelved.
Official languages of India
Apart from Hindi and English, a total of 22 other languages are recognized as official languages by the Constitution of India:
1. Assamese — official language of Assam
2. Bengali — official language of Tripura and West Bengal
3. Bodo — official language of Assam
4. Dogri — official language of Jammu and Kashmir
5. Gondi — language of the Gond tribals of the Gondwana (part of the northern Deccan plateau) comprising Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh.
6. Gujarati — language of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Gujarat
7. Kannada — official language of Karnataka
8. Kashmiri — official language of Jammu and Kashmir
9. Konkani — official language of Goa
10. Malayalam — official language of Kerala and Lakshadweep
11. Maithili - official language of Bihar
12. Manipuri or Meithei — official language of Manipur
13. Marathi — official language of Maharashtra
14. Nepali — official language of Sikkim
15. Oriya — official language of Orissa
16. Punjabi — official language of Punjab and Chandigarh, second official language of Delhi and Haryana
17. Sanskrit — language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, required teaching in many schools
18. Santali - language of the Santhal tribals of the Chota Nagpur Plateau (comprising the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa and Chattisgarh)
19. Sindhi - language of the Sindhi community
20. Tamil — official language of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry
21. Telugu — official language of Andhra Pradesh
22. Urdu — official language of Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh
2006-10-21 03:03:51 · answer #1 · answered by ^crash_&_burn^ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Official Language: Hindi (+17 Other National Languages)
2016-05-22 07:29:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Languages of India. There are 22 languages recognized by the Indian Constitution. ... Hindi is the official and main link language of India. ...
http://www.indiaimage.nic.in/languages.htm
2006-10-21 02:59:07 · answer #3 · answered by Krishna 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
India has two National languages (Central administrative). They are English (associate official) and Hindi (in the Devanagiri script). The Indian Constitution also officially recognizes 22 regional languages.
2006-10-21 04:23:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Official language : Hindi, Sanskrit, English, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Maithili, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu
2006-10-21 02:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Indian
2006-10-21 02:53:50 · answer #6 · answered by bor_rabnud 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
My gosh, you either have a really weird obsession over India, or..
you need to DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK.
2006-10-21 02:54:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
IT IS HINDI BUT WE DO ALL OUR OFFICIAL WORK IN ENGLISH IT IS ONLY FOR NAME SAKE
2006-10-21 03:31:17 · answer #8 · answered by RAMAN IOBIAN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HINDI !!!!!! & ENGLISH & REGIONAL LANGUAGE !!!!
2006-10-21 05:15:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋