Eighth Schedule Languages Count
The Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution specifically lists the officially recognized languages of India.
Originally, this schedule contained 14 languages. Over time, through various constitutional amendments, more languages have been added.
Currently, there are 22 languages enlisted in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
These languages are:
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bodo
- Dogri
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Kashmiri
- Konkani
- Maithili
- Malayalam
- Manipuri
- Marathi
- Nepali
- Odia
- Punjabi
- Sanskrit
- Santali
- Sindhi
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Urdu
Therefore, the correct count is 22.
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