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How many languages are official recognized by the Constitution of India? List several of them.

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Answer:22 languages

The Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution lists 22 languages, which have been referred to as scheduled languages and given recognition, status and official encouragement. In addition, the Government of India has awarded the distinction of classical language to Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu.

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India is a Democratic Republic and has a Constitution of its own. It is also home to several languages. Many of them are listed as the official language of the country. The Constitution of India includes Articles 344(1) and 351 which deal with languages. These are included in the eighth schedule which recognizes 22 language

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Answer:22 and some are ssamese, Bangla, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri, Kannada, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Santali, Sindhi, and Urdu.

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