Unlike other nations, India does not give the status of ‘national language’ to any language. Moreover, there are a wide variety of local and tribal languages that are spread across the nation but are not mentioned in the constitution. Some of these languages have different variants based on the demographics of an area. As mentioned in the eighth schedule of the constitution of India, there are 22 constitutional languages, namely Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Santhali, Maithili, and Dogri. India, a geographically and culturally diverse country witnesses varied languages that are spoken in different parts of the nation. Every community, be it a small group living together, a country or people living in the same geographical area has its language. It helps individuals to communicate easily and share their thoughts, feelings and ideas through spoken words. Language is an important part of communication between humans.
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