How many languages does Constitution recognize?

Q.  92nd Amendment Act did not add which of the following languages?
- Published on 23 Feb 17

a. Sindhi
b. Maithili
c. Bodo
d. Dogri (Dongri)

ANSWER: Sindhi
 
  • At present, the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution specifies 22 languages.

  • It originally specified 14 languages.

    These 14 were -

  • Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

  • Sindhi was added by the 21st Amendment Act of 1967.

  • Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added by the 71st Amendment Act of 1992.

  • 92ndAmendment Act, 2003 included four more languages in the 8th Schedule - Bodo, Dogri (Dongri), Mathilli (Maithili) and Santhali.

  • Thus, the total number of constitutionally recognized languages now is 22 - Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri (Dongri), Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Mathili (Maithili), Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

  • The 96thAmendment Act of 2011 substituted “Odia” for “Oriya”.

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