Languages of India

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The number of languages recognised by the Indian Constitution is	22
As per Article 343(1) of the Indian Constitution, the official language of India is	Hindi in Devanagari script
At the inception of Indian constitution in 1950, the number of recognised languages was	14
The languages which were added to the Eighth Schedule are	Sindhi, Konkani, Nepali, Manipuri, Maithili, Dogri, Bodo and Santhali.
Number of identifiable mother tongues as per Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation report of 2011	234
The first language to be conferred the status of a Classical Language	Tamil
Other languages which have been conferred the status of a Classical Language	Sanskrit, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and Odia
The official language of Nagaland is	English
The official language of Jammu and Kashmir	Urdu
The official language of Goa	Konkani
The official language of the Supreme Court and High Court as prescribed by the Constitution of India is	English
The principal languages of Lakshdweep are	Jeseri (Dweep Bhasha) and Mahal
Foreign language commonly spoken in Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry) is	French
The only State which has Sanskrit as one of its official languages	Uttarakhand
The Indian language known as the 'Italian of the East' is	Telugu
The principal languages of the Andaman & Nicobar islands are	Hindi, Nicobarese, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu.
English is not in the list of recognised languages

Institution	Location
Central Institute of Indian Languages	Mysore, Karnataka
Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya	Wardha, Maharashtra
English and Foreign Languages University	Hyderabad, A.P.
Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan	New Delhi
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth	New Delhi
Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth	Tirupathi
Maulana Azad National Urdu University	Hyderabad
Central Institute of Classical Tamil	Chennai