Principal Languages of India;-
India has 22 languages which have been given the grade of National Languages.
ASSAMESE :
It is an Indo-Aryan language and is the official language of Assam.
Bengali :
It is one of the leading Indo-Aryan language and is die official language of W. Bengal-Gujarati.
It is an Indo-Aryan language and is the official language of Gujarat.
HINDI :
The largest spoken Indo-Aryan language.
It is the official language of the Government of India.
Various dialects of Hindi are Khariboli, Brajbhasha, Bundeli, Awadhi, Marwari, Maithili and Bhojpuri.
In 6 States and UTs, Hindi is the official language.
KANADA :
It belongs to the Dravidian family & is the official langauge of Karnataka.
KASHMIRI :
It is an Indo-Aryan language.
It is often mistaken as the official language of Jammu and Kashmir.
KONKANI :
It is the official language of Goa and is spoken by thousands of Konkanis in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala.
It was added in 1992 by 71st Amendment.
MALAYALAM :
Belong to the Dravidian family and is the official language of Kerala.
MANIPURI :
It is the official language of Manipur.
It was added in 1992 by 71st Amendment.
MARAHATI :
It is an Indo-Aryan language and is the official language of Maharashtra.
NEPALI :
It is spoken in parts of UP, Bihar, W. Bengal, Assam, etc.
It was added in 1992 by 71st Amendment.
ORIYA :
It is an Indo-Aryan language and is the official language of Orissa.
PUNJABI :
It is an Indo-Aryan language and is the official language of Punjab.
SANSKRIT :
It is one of the earliest languages of the world.
Early Sanksrit is known as Vedic Sanskrit and covers the period between 2000 and 500 BC.
SINDHI :
It is an Indo-Aryan language.
It was added in 1967 by 21st Amendment.
Tamil :
It is the oldest of the Dravidian languages and is the official language of Tamil Nadu.
TELEGU :
It is numerically the biggest of the Dravidian languages and is the official language of Andhra Pradesh.
URDU:
It is die offiical langauge of Jammu and Kashmir.
Modern Urdu developed due to the efforts of Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898).
DOGRI :
It is generally spoken in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu.
It is a combination of ancient Sanskrit and Pahari Dogri languages.
It has been added by the 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003.
MAITHILI :
It is chiefly spoken in the Maithilianchal region of Bihar.
It is the second State language of Bihar.
It has been added by the 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003.
SANTHALI :
It is chiefly spoken in the area of Chhotanagpur Plateau in Jharkhand and Bihar.
It has been added by the 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003.
BODO :
It is chiefly spoken in Assam and its adjoining North-East States.
It has been added by the 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003.