ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers,
Languages of India
Miscellaneous Information on Languages in India
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 two States which have Sanskrit as one of their official languages | Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh |
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 |
Institutions for promotion of Languages in India
Institution | Location |
Central Institute of Hindi (Kendriya Hindi Sansthan) | Agra, U.P. |
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
|
Comments
Post a Comment