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HOW MANY LANGUAGES ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA?
At present there are 22 official languages of India.The following table lists the languages set out in the eighth schedule as of May 2008.
Language                                State(s)
Assamese                      Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
Bengali                         West Bengal, Tripura, Assam,   
                                    Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Bodo                            Assam
Dogri                            Jammu and Kashmir
Gujarati                        Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman
                                    and Diu, Gujarat
Hindi                            Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
                                    Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh,
                                    the National capital territory of
                                    Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
                                    Uttarakhand
Kannada                       Karnataka
Kashmiri                       Jammu and Kashmir
Konkani                        Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, 
                                    Kerala
Maithili                        Bihar
Malayalam                   Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Manipuri                      Manipur
Marathi                        Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra & Nagar
                                    Haveli, Daman and Diu
Nepali                          Sikkim, West Bengal
Oriya                            Odisha
Punjabi                         Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab
Sanskrit
Santhali                        Santhal tribals of the Chota Nagpur
                                    Plateau (comprising the states of
                                    Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand,
                                    Odisha)
Sindhi
Tamil                            Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar
                                     Islands, Puducherry
Telugu                           Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry,
                                     Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Urdu                             Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra
                                     Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar and Uttar
                                     Pradesh


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