List of Indian Languages

There are 22 different languages that have been recognised by the Constitution of India, of which Hindi is an Official Language. Article 343(3) empowered Parliament to provide by law for continued use of English for official purposes.

1. Assamese
2. Bengali
3. Bodo
4. Dogri
5. Gujarati
6. Hindi
7. Kannada
8. Kashmiri
9. Konkani
10. Maithili
11. Malayalam
12. Manipuri
13. Marathi
14. Nepali
15. Oriya
16. Punjabi
17. Sanskrit
18. Santhali
19. Sindhi
20. Tamil
21. Telugu

22. Urdu

List of India Languages order by percentage of speakers

India

1. Hindi
2. Bengali
3. Telugu
4. Marathi
5. Tamil
6. Urdu
7. Gujarati
8. Kannada
9. Malayalam
10. Oriya
11. Punjabi
12. Assamese
13. Maithili
14. Santali
15. Kashmiri
16. Nepali
17. Sindhi
18. Konkani
19. Dogri
20. Meitei/Manipuri
21. Bodo
22. Sanskrit