Articles 344(1) and 351 Languages
Assamese.
Bengali.
Bodo
Dogri.
Gujarati.
Hindi.
Kannada.
Kashmiri.
Konkani.
Mathilli.
Malayalam.
Manipuri.
Marathi.
Nepali.
Odia
Punjabi.
Sanskrit.
Santhali.
Sindhi.
Tamil.
Telugu.
Urdu. [ Editorial comment -The Constitution (Twenty-First Amendment) Act, 1967, added the Sindhi language to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. Sindhi was now recognized as an official state language, bringing the overall number of languages on the 8th schedule to fifteen. It was one of the most consequential amendments to the Constitution of India. The eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution lists the official languages of the Republic of India. The languages were qualified for representation in the Commission for Official Languages if it was listed. Also refer ] [ Editorial comment -The Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992, amended the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution so as to include Konkani, Meitei (officially called "Manipuri") and Nepali languages, thereby raising the total number of languages listed in the schedule to eighteen. The Eighth Schedule lists languages that the Government of India has the responsibility to develop. The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution originally included 14 languages Sindhi was included by the 21st Amendment, enacted in 1967. Bodo, Dogri, Santhali and Maithili were included in the Eighth Schedule in 2004, through the 92nd Amendment, raising the total number of languages to 22. Also Refer] [ Editorial comment -The Constitution (Ninety-sixth Amendment) Act, 2011, required the Union government to fix the state’s misspelled name and language in the first and eighth schedules of the Constitution. In the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution, Orissa’s language was changed from Oriya to Odia as a result of this modification, and its spelling was changed from Orissa to Odisha as a legislative act. Amendment to Eighth Schedule: In Entry 15 of the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution, the word “Oriya” shall be replaced by the word “Odia.” It was altered to Schedule 1. In Schedule 1, Entry 10 was changed from Orissa to Odisha, for instance, if Orissa became Odisha. The constitution has changed all places where the word “Orissa” has appeared (for example Article 164). There was a change to the entry in the fourth schedule.Also Refer]