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Languages

Language, the effective means of verbal communication. In different parts of India, different languages are spoken. India is rich in languages, boasting not only the indigenous sprouting of Dravidian and Indo-Aryan tongues, but of the absorption of Middle-Eastern and European influences as well.

 The languages spoken in present India, evolved in different phases of Indian history. In the earlier stage of Indian history other languages were spoken.

The different states of India have different official languages, some of them not recognized by the central government. Some states have more then one official language. Bihar in east India has three official languages - Hindi, Urdu and Bengali – which are all recognized by the central government. But Sikkim, also in east India, has four official languages of which only Nepali is recognized by the central government. Twenty two languages are recognized by the Constitution of India and these fall into two major groups: Indic or Indo-Aryan and Dravidian. The Indian Constitution (Article 343) declares Hindi to be the official language of the Union. The Constitution has accepted Hindi as India's national tongue.

The 22 languages recognized by the Indian Constitution follows,