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Remember to...

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  • Put the Republic of Congo under "R" in the index Done

Notes

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Languages of India

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w:Languages of India, w:Names of the Republic of India in its official languages, w:Languages with official status in India, d:Q668

Major languages

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  • English - India - en - official
  • Hindi - भारत - hi - official
  • Bengali - ভারত - bn - official regional - 83m
  • Telugu - భారత దేశము - te - official regional - 74m
  • Marathi - भारत - mr - 72m
  • Tamil - இந்தியா - ta - 61m
  • Urdu - بھارت - ur - 52m
  • Gujarati - ભારત - gu - 46m
  • Kannada - ಭಾರತ - kn - 38m
  • Malayalam - ഇന്ത്യ - ml - 33m
  • Oriya - ଭାରତ - or - 33m
  • Maithili - भारत - mai (pos. bh?) - 32m
  • Punjabi - ਭਾਰਤ - pa - 29m

Other languages

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  • French - Inde - fr - unknown

List of names of every language recognized in the constitution or official in any state or union territory

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Official

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Hindi, English

Recognized in constitution by number of speakers

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Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Oriya, Maithili, Punjabi, Assamese, Santali, Kashmiri, Nepali, Konkani, Sindhi, Dogri, Meithei/Manipuri, Bodo, Sanskrit

Not mentioned above but official in at least one state or union territory

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(no order) French ✓, Portuguese ✓, Bhojpuri, Chhattisgarhi, Haryanvi (Hindi dialect?), Mizo, Bagri (dialect of Rhajastani), Kokborok

Notes

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  • Possibly create Wikijunior:Countries A-Z/India/Languages to display all approx. 30 official languages, but only have top four (English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu), with the possible addition of Marathi and Tamil, on the main page?
  • Or alternatively a hide/show thing
  • experiment with reformatting