India languages and their speaking community
The following table lists the languages set out in the eighth schedule as of May 2007, together with the regions where they are used:
1.Assamese/Asomiya--Assam
2.Bengali/Bangla--Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tripura, West Bengal,
3.Bodo--Assam
4.Dogri--Jammu and Kashmir
5.Gujarati--Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat
6.Hindi--Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, the national capital territory of Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
7.Kannada--Karnataka
8.Kashmiri--Jammu and Kashmir
9.Konkani--Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra
10.Maithili--Bihar
11.Malayalam--Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Kerala
12.Manipuri (also Meitei or Meithei)--Manipur
13.Marathi--Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Maharashtra
14.Nepali--Sikkim, West Bengal
15.Oriya--Orissa
16.Punjabi--Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab
17.Sanskrit--Listed as a Classical Language of India.
18.Santhali--Santhal tribals of the Chota Nagpur Plateau (comprising the states of Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa)
19.Sindhi--Sindhi community
20.Tamil--Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Puducherry--> Listed as a Classical Language of India.
21.Telugu--Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
22.Urdu--Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh



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