| Language | Predominantly spoken in | Recognised |
|---|
| 1. Assamese | Assam | 1950 |
| 2. Bengali | West Bengal | 1950 |
| 3. Bodo | Assam, West Bengal | 2003 |
| 4. Dogri | Jammu, Himachal Pradesh | 2003 |
| 5. Gujarati | Gujarat | 1950 |
| 6. Hindi | Most parts of Northern States | 1950 |
| 7. Kashmiri | Jammu and Kashmir | 1950 |
| 8. Kannada | Karnataka | 1950 |
| 9. Konkani | Goa and parts of Karnataka | 1992 |
| 10. Malayalam | Kerala | 1950 |
| 11. Manipuri | Manipur | 1992 |
| 12. Marathi | Maharashtra | 1950 |
| 13. Maithili | Parts of Bihar | 2003 |
| 14. Nepali | Sikkim and parts of West Bengal | 1992 |
| 15. Odia | Odisha | 1950 |
| 16. Punjabi | Punjab, Chandigarh | 1950 |
| 17. Sanskrit | - | 1950 |
| 18. Sindhi | Scattered in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra | 1967 |
| 19. Santhali | Spoken by Santhal tribe in Jharkhand, Bihar, W.B. | 2003 |
| 20. Tamil | Tamilnadu, Puducherry | 1950 |
| 21. Telugu | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana | 1950 |
| 22. Urdu | Northern India | 1950 |