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Languages with official status in India

languages designated official status by the Constitution of India
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Summary

Languages with official status in India ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,225 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Country: India[2]
  • Subclass of: official language[3]
  • Commons category: Official languages of India[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Official languages of India[5]

Why It Matters

Languages with official status in India has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

Related Entities

India Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'bh', 'bn', 'bpy', 'br', 'da', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Sitelink count → 54
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||mag, tum */ import labels from sitelinks"
  2. 6w ago · Samoasambia · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → India
    Subclass of → official language
    Aliases → —
    Country → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Topic's main category: Category:Official languages of India, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
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