The Eight Schedule initially had 14 languages that were recongnised by the Constitution of India. They were:
Later, to this were added 8 other languages through 3 amendment acts that amount to 22 languages in all as of now. They are:
21st Amendment Act: Sindhi
71st Amendment Act: Konkani, Nepali and Manipuri
92nd Amendment Act: Bodo, Dongri (Dogri), Maithili and Santhali
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Kashmiri
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Oriya
- Punjabi
- Sanskrit
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Urdu
Later, to this were added 8 other languages through 3 amendment acts that amount to 22 languages in all as of now. They are:
21st Amendment Act: Sindhi
71st Amendment Act: Konkani, Nepali and Manipuri
92nd Amendment Act: Bodo, Dongri (Dogri), Maithili and Santhali