Official names of India

India has 23 official languages. The its constitution lists the name of the country in each of the languages.^[1] Hindi and English (listed in boldface) are the "official languages of the union" (Union meaning the Federal Government located in Delhi);^[2] Tamil and Sanskrit are officially the "classical languages of India."

Language	Long form	English Pronunciation	Short form
Assamese	ভাৰত গণৰাজ্য	Bhārôt Gôṇôrājÿô	ভাৰত Bharot
Bengali	ভারত গণরাজ্য	Bʰārôt Gôṇôrājÿô	ভারত Bharot
Bodo
Dogri
English^[3]	Republic of India		India
Gujarati	ભારતીય પ્રજાસત્તાક	Bhartiya Prajasattak	ભારત
Hindi	भारत गणराज्य	Bhārata Gaṇarājya	भारत Bhārat
Kannada	ಭಾರತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ	Bhārata Gaṇarājya	ಭಾರತ Bhārata
Kashmiri	جۆمہوٗرِیہَ ہِنٛدوستان	Jomhūriyah Hindōstān	ہِنٛدوستان Hindōstān
Konkani	भारोत गोणराज		भारोत
Maithili
Malayalam	ഭാരതം	Bhāratam	ഭാരതം Bhāratam
Manipuri (also Meitei or Meithei)	ভারত গণরাজ্য		ভারত
Marathi	भारतीय प्रजासत्ताक	Bhartiya Prajasattak	भारत Bhārat
Nepali	भारत गणराज्य	Bʰārat Gaṇarāǳya	भारत Bʰārat
Oriya	ଭାରତ	Bharata	Bharata
Punjabi	ਭਾਰਤ ਗਣਤੰਤਰ	Bhārat Gantantar	ਭਾਰਤ Bhārat
Sanskrit	भारत गणराज्य	Bhārata Gaṇarājya	भारत Bhārata
Santhali	ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱯᱱᱟᱹᱛ	Siñat Renāg Əpnǝt	ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ Siñat
Sindhi	भारत गणराज्य, جمھوريا ڀارت	Bhārat Ganrājya ,Jamhūriyā Bhārat	भारत , ڀارت
Tamil	இந்தியக் குடியரசு	Indiyak-Kudiyarasu	இந்தியா India
Telugu	భారత గణరాజ్యము	Bʰārata Gaṇa Rājyamu	భారత్ Bhārath
Urdu	جمہوریہ بھارت	Jamhūriyah Bhārat	بھارت Bhārat

References[edit]

↑ "Eighth Schedule". National Informatics Centre (NIC). 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2007-06-26. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
↑ "The Union: Official Language". National Informatics Centre (NIC). 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
↑ "CIA Factbook: India". CIA. Retrieved 2007-03-10.

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[1] "Eighth Schedule". National Informatics Centre (NIC). 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2007-06-26. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] "The Union: Official Language". National Informatics Centre (NIC). 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[CIA-3] "CIA Factbook: India". CIA. Retrieved 2007-03-10.

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