LANGUAGES IN INDIA............

* The Indian language known as the '' Italian of the East '' is : Telugu
* The number of languages recognised by the Indian Constitution is : 22
* At the inception of Indian constitution in 1950,the number of recognised languages was : 14 
* The languages which were added to the Eighth Schedule are : Sindhi, Konkani, Nepali, Manipuri,Maithili, Dogri, Bodo and Santhali.
* Number of identifiable mother tongues as per Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation report of 2011 : 234 
* The first language to be conferred the status of a Classical Language : Tamil
* Other languages which have been conferred the status of a Classical Language : Sanskrit, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and Odia
* Only state having official language English is : Nagaland
* The official language of the Supreme Court and High Court as prescribed by the Constitution ofIndia is : English
* The principal languages of Lakshdweep are :Jeseri (DweepBhasha) and Mahal 
* Foreign language commonly spoken in Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry) is : French
* The principal languages of the Andaman & Nicobar islands are : Hindi, Nicobarese, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu.
* English is not in the list of recognised languages.

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