India at a Glance (Languages of India)

There are around 22 languages recognized by the Indian Constitution. These languages are


1. Assamese
2. Bengali
3. Bodo
4. Dogri
5. Gujarati
6. Hindi 
7. Kannada 

8. Kashmiri

9. Konkani
10. Maithili 
11. Malayalam
12. Manipuri
13. Marathi
14. Nepali
15. Oriya
16. Punjabi
17. Sanskrit
18. Santhali
19. Sindhi
20. Tamil
21. Telugu
22. Urdu


Hindi is the official and main link language of India. It is written in the Devnagri script, and is a direct descendant of Sanskrit through Prakrit and Apabhramsha.