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There are more than thousand languages and dialects are spoken in India. However, Indian Constitution recognizes 22 languages as the official languages of India. Schedule 8 of Indian Constitution contains the list of 22 languages that are recognized by the Indian Constitution as the official languages of India.

The list of languages under schedule 8 is as follows:

LanguagePredominantly spoken inRecognised
1. AssameseAssam1950
2. BengaliWest Bengal1950
3. BodoAssam, West Bengal2003
4. DogriJammu, Himachal Pradesh2003
5. GujaratiGujarat1950
6. HindiMost parts of Northern States1950
7. KashmiriJammu and Kashmir1950
8. KannadaKarnataka1950
9. KonkaniGoa and parts of Karnataka1992
10. MalayalamKerala1950
11. ManipuriManipur1992
12. MarathiMaharashtra1950
13. MaithiliParts of Bihar2003
14. NepaliSikkim and parts of West Bengal1992
15. OdiaOdisha1950
16. PunjabiPunjab, Chandigarh1950
17. Sanskrit1950
18. SindhiScattered in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra1967
19. SanthaliSpoken by Santhal tribe in Jharkhand, Bihar, W.B.2003
20. TamilTamilnadu, Puducherry1950
21. TeluguAndhra Pradesh, Telangana1950
22. UrduNorthern India1950

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