With over 121 languages and more than 19,500 dialects, India is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world.
On October 3, 2024, the Government of India conferred the status of “classical language” to 5 languages.
With this, the total number of classical languages in India has increased to 11. Here is a list of all the Indian classical languages!
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Dates back to 100 BC
Dates back to 600 BC
Spoken between 500 BC and 500 AD
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Dates back to 400-500 AD
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Dates back to 900-1,000 AD
Dates back to 1,000 AD
Dates back to 830 AD
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Dates back to 350–400 AD
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Dates back to 400 BC
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Dates back to 1,500 BC
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Dates back to 5th century BC
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