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PAGES OF INDIA

Temples across India
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List of national languages of India-Recognized national languages of India -A total of 22 languages are recognized by the Constitution of India: -Assamese — official language of Assam -Bengali — official language of Tripura and West Bengal -Bodo — official language of Assam --Dogri — official language of Jammu and Kashmir -=ujarati — official language of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Gujarat Hindi — official language of Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal Kannada — official language of Karnataka Kashmiri — official language of Jammu and Kashmir Konkani — official language of Goa and Mangalore Hindi — official language of Bihar Malayalam — official language of Kerala and Lakshadweep Manipuri or Meithei — official language of Manipur Marathi — official language of Maharashtra Nepali — official language of Sikkim Oriya — official language of Orissa Punjabi — official language of Punjab and Chandigarh, second official language of Delhi and Haryana Sanskrit — language of Hinduism, required teaching in many schools Santali - language of the Santhal tribals of the Chota Nagpur Plateau (comprising the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa and Chattisgarh) indhi - language of the Sindhi community Tamil — official language of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Telugu — official language of Andhra Pradesh Urdu — official language of Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Other popular languages of IndiaThese languages have over 5 million speakers but no official status. Many are often considered sub-varieties of Hindi. Closely-related to Hindi Awadhi Bundeli Chhattisgarhi — language of Chhattisgarh Hariyanavi (Haryanvi) — language of Haryana Hindustani — a mixture of Hindi and Urdu, spoken largely in the Northern part of India. Kanauji — language of Uttar Pradesh Marwari — language of the Marwar Region in Rajasthan Bihari languages These three Bihari languages also have over 5 million speakers but no official status. They were once mistakenly thought to be dialects of Hindi, but have been more recently shown to be part of the Eastern Group of Indic languages, along with Bengali, Assamese, and Oriya. Angika — language of Bihar, Spoken largely in the Northern and Southern part of Bihar, Major part of Jharkhand and Maldah district of West Bengal Bhojpuri — language of Bihar Magadhi — language of southern Bihar Other languages Bhili (Bhil tribals) Gondi (Gond tribals) Kodava, spoken in the Kodagu district of Karnataka Kutchi — language of Kutch, a region in Gujarat Tulu — spoken by Tulu people of Karnataka and Kerala Sankethi — spoken by Sankethi people in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala