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[[India]] has many official names, expressing its linguistic diversity. [[Hindi]] in the [[Devanagari]] script is the sole [[official language]] of India as per [[Part XVII of the Constitution of India#Chapter I - Official Language of the Union|Article 343]] of the [[Constitution of India]] and there is no national language for the country.<ref name="constitution1">{{cite web|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/coi-indexenglish.htm|title=Constitution of India|accessdate=21 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402064301/http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/coi-indexenglish.htm|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rajbhasha.nic.in/UI/pagecontent.aspx?pc=Mzc%3D|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141001005409/http://www.rajbhasha.nic.in/UI/pagecontent.aspx?pc=Mzc%3D|archive-date = 1 October 2014|title = Department of official Language &#124; Government of India}}</ref> [[English language|English]] has the status of a "subsidiary official language".<ref name="constitution1"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-gFHBAAAQBAJ|title=Language, Culture, and Society: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology|first1=Zdenek|last1=Salzmann|first2=James|last2=Stanlaw|first3=Nobuko|last3=Adachi|date=8 July 2014|publisher=Westview Press|isbn=9780813349558|via=Google Books}}</ref> [[Devanagari transliteration|Hindi romanisation]] uses [[Hunterian transliteration]], which is the "national system of [[romanisation]] in India" and the one officially used by the [[Government of India]].The Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution lists 22 languages,<ref>[http://rajbhasha.nic.in/UI/pagecontent.aspx?pc=MTUz Languages Included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604094122/http://rajbhasha.nic.in/UI/pagecontent.aspx?pc=MTUz |date=2016-06-04 }}</ref> which have been referred to as ''scheduled'' languages and given recognition, status, and official encouragement.
[[India]] has many official names, expressing its linguistic diversity. [[Hindi]] in the [[Devanagari]] script is the [[official language]] of India as per [[Part XVII of the Constitution of India#Chapter I - Official Language of the Union|Article 343]] of the [[Constitution of India]], while the clause 3 of [[s:Official Languages Act, 1963|Official Languages Act, 1963]] mentions the, "Continuation of English Language for official purposes of the Union and for use in Parliament", thus denoting Hindi and English as the official languages of the Union,<ref name="rjb">{{Cite web|title=THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT, 1963|url=https://rajbhasha.gov.in/en/official-languages-act-1963|access-date=3 May 2022|website=rajbhasha.nic.in}}</ref> and there is no national language for the country.<ref name="constitution1">{{cite web|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/coi-indexenglish.htm|title=Constitution of India|accessdate=21 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402064301/http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/coi-indexenglish.htm|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rajbhasha.nic.in/UI/pagecontent.aspx?pc=Mzc%3D|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141001005409/http://www.rajbhasha.nic.in/UI/pagecontent.aspx?pc=Mzc%3D|archive-date = 1 October 2014|title = Department of official Language &#124; Government of India}}</ref> [[English language|English]] has the status of a "subsidiary official language".<ref name="constitution1"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-gFHBAAAQBAJ|title=Language, Culture, and Society: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology|first1=Zdenek|last1=Salzmann|first2=James|last2=Stanlaw|first3=Nobuko|last3=Adachi|date=8 July 2014|publisher=Westview Press|isbn=9780813349558|via=Google Books}}</ref> [[Devanagari transliteration|Hindi romanisation]] uses [[Hunterian transliteration]], which is the "national system of [[romanisation]] in India" and the one officially used by the [[Government of India]].The Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution lists 22 languages,<ref>[http://rajbhasha.nic.in/UI/pagecontent.aspx?pc=MTUz Languages Included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604094122/http://rajbhasha.nic.in/UI/pagecontent.aspx?pc=MTUz |date=2016-06-04 }}</ref> which have been referred to as ''scheduled'' languages and given recognition, status, and official encouragement.


== Hindi and English ==
== Hindi and English ==
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! Official Name  
! Official Name  
! Script Name {{efn-ua|Official writing system(s) or script(s) are shown first for each language. (If they don't display on your device, most are available for Windows in the [[Microsoft]] font family [[Nirmala UI]], or for all systems in the free fonts from Google's [[Noto fonts]][https://www.google.com/get/noto/ .])}}  
! Script Name {{efn-ua|Official writing system(s) or script(s) are shown first for each language. (If they don't display on your device, most are available for Windows in the [[Microsoft]] font family [[Nirmala UI]], or for all systems in the free fonts from Google's [[Noto fonts]][https://www.google.com/get/noto/ .])}}  
! Indian script {{efn-ua|The short names link to the Bharatpedia page about India in that language if available.}}
! Indian script {{efn-ua|The short names link to the Wikipedia page about India in that language if available.}}
! style="font-size:90%;" | Transliteration  
! style="font-size:90%;" | Transliteration  
! Indian script  
! Indian script  
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| [[Urdu]]  
| [[Urdu]]  
| style="background:#ccffcc;font-size:80%;" | [[Urdu alphabet|Perso{{nbh}}Arabic]] in the [[Nasta'liq]] style
| style="background:#ccffcc;font-size:80%;" | [[Urdu alphabet|Perso{{nbh}}Arabic]] in the [[Nasta'liq]] style
| style="background:#ccffcc;font-size:180%;" | {{nastaliq|[[:ur:بھارت|بھارت]]}}  
| style="background:#ccffcc;font-size:90%;" | {{lang|ur|{{nastaliq|[[:ur: ہندوستان|ہندوستان]]}}}}
| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | Bhārat
| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | Hindustān
| style="background:#ccffcc;" | {{font|size=130%|{{lang|ur|{{nastaliq|جمہوریہ بھارت}}}}}} <small>{{Citation needed| reason= I can't find any source that uses جمہوریہ Jumhūrīyat-e for India, if someone just copy pasted this from the Urdu name for Pakistan because they are both "Republic" in English, that translation isn't justified. |date=February 2020 }}</small>
| style="background:#ccffcc;" | {{lang|ur|{{nastaliq|جمہوریہ ہندوستان}}}} <small>{{Citation needed| reason= I can't find any source that uses جمہوریہ Jumhūrīyat-e for India, if someone just copy pasted this from the Urdu name for Pakistan because they are both "Republic" in English, that translation isn't justified. |date=February 2020 }}</small>
| style="background:#ccffcc;" | Jamhūriyā Bhārat
| style="background:#ccffcc;" | Jamhūriyā Hindustān
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|  
| style="font-size:90%;" | <!-- Urdu is sometimes written in devanagari, but i think that has no official status? -->  
| style="font-size:90%;" | <!-- Urdu is sometimes written in devanagari, but i think that has no official status? -->  
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[[Category:Toponyms for India]]
[[Category:Toponyms for India]]
[[Category:Languages of India]]
[[Category:Languages of India]]
[[Category:Official languages of India]]
[[Category:Government of India]]
[[Category:Government of India]]
[[Category:India-related lists]]
[[Category:India-related lists]]
[[Category:Parts and articles of the Constitution of India|Part 17]]
[[Category:Parts and articles of the Constitution of India|Part 17]]