How many Indian languages hold Classical Language status as of October 2025?
11
Six languages were granted Classical Language status between 2004 and 2014: Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia.
On 3 October 2024 the Union Cabinet accorded classical status to five more languages, namely Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali.
This raised the total to 6 + 5 = 11 languages, which remains the position as of October 2025.
Hence, the number of Indian languages holding Classical Language status is 11.
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