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  2. Linguistic history of India - Wikipedia

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    In the year 1972, Meitei language was given the recognition by the National Sahitya Akademi, the highest Indian body of language and literature, as one of the major Indian languages. [88] [89] On 20 August 1992, Meitei language was included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and made one of the languages with official status in ...

  3. Classical languages of India - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Classical languages, or the Śāstrīya Bhāṣā or the Dhrupadī Bhāṣā (Assamese, Bengali) or the Abhijāta Bhāṣā (Marathi) or the Cemmoḻi (Tamil), is an umbrella term for the languages of India having high antiquity, and valuable, original and distinct literary heritage. [1]

  4. Languages of India - Wikipedia

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    It is the sole official language in Manipur and is one of the official languages of India. It is one of the two Sino-Tibetan languages with official status in India, beside Bodo. It has been recognized as one of the advanced modern languages of India by the National Sahitya Academy for its rich literature. [167]

  5. List of languages by first written account - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of languages arranged by age of the oldest existing text recording a complete sentence in the language. It does not include undeciphered writing systems, though there are various claims without wide acceptance, which, if substantiated, would push backward the first attestation of certain languages.

  6. Sanskrit - Wikipedia

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    In India, Sanskrit is among the 22 official languages of India in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. [212] In 2010, Uttarakhand became the first state in India to make Sanskrit its second official language. [213] In 2019, Himachal Pradesh made Sanskrit its second official language, becoming the second state in India to do so. [214]

  7. List of languages by number of native speakers in India

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    States and union territories of India by the spoken first language [1] [note 1]. The Republic of India is home to several hundred languages.Most Indians speak a language belonging to the families of the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European (c. 77%), the Dravidian (c. 20.61%), the Austroasiatic (precisely Munda and Khasic) (c. 1.2%), or the Sino-Tibetan (precisely Tibeto-Burman) (c. 0.8%), with ...

  8. List of languages by time of extinction - Wikipedia

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    A word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1833. after 1832 Charrúa: Charruan languages: Entre Ríos Province and Uruguay: after 1832 Guenoa language: Charruan languages: Entre Ríos Province and Uruguay: after 1832: Aroaqui: Arawakan: Lower Rio Negro Brazil: A word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1832. after 1832: Parawana ...

  9. List of ancestor languages - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of ancestor languages of modern and ancient languages, detailed for each modern language or its phylogenetic ancestor disappeared. For each language, the list is generally limited to the four or five immediate predecessors.