Names of India in its official languages

Name of the Republic of India in different official languages

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The Republic of India has many official names expressing linguistic diversity. Hindi (in the Devanagari script) is the official language of the Union Government of India as per Article 343 of the Constitution of India and there is no national language for the country.[1][2] English has the status of a "subsidiary official language" according to clause 3 of Official Languages Act, 1963.[1][3][4] Hindi romanisation uses Hunterian transliteration, which is the "national system of romanisation in India" and the one officially used by the Government of India. The Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution lists 22 languages,[5] which have been referred to as scheduled languages and given recognition, status, and official encouragement.

## Hindi and English[edit]

Full and short official names of India in Hindi and English.  Language  | Official short form  | Official full form

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Hindi
| Devanagari | भारत | भारत गणराज्य
Hunterian transliteration | Bhārat | Bhārat Gaṇrājya
English | India | Republic of India

## Eighth Schedule languages[edit]

The short name for "India" and the full name for "The Republic of India" in languages recognised by Part XVII of the Constitution of India Language  | Official short name for India[A] | Official full name for The Republic of India[A] | Details  | "Republic (of)"

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Official Name  | Script Name[B] | Indian script[C] | Transliteration  | Indian script  | Transliteration or IPA | Transliteration system shown  | Dialect details or script status  | Indian script  | Transliteration or IPA
Assamese | Bengali‑Assamese | ভাৰত | Bhārôt  | ভাৰত গণৰাজ্য | Bhārôt Gônôrāzyô  |  |  | গণৰাজ্য | Gônôrāzyô
Bengali | Bengali‑Assamese | ভারত | Bhārot  | ভারতীয় প্রজাতন্ত্র | Bhārotiyo Projātôntro  |  |  | প্রজাতন্ত্র | Projātôntro
Bodo | Devanagari | भारत | Bhārôt  | भारत गणराज्य | Bhārôt Gônôrājyô  |  |  | गणराज्य | Gônôrājyô
Dogri | Devanagari | भारत | Bhārat  | भारत गणराज्य | Bhārat Ganrājya  |  |  | गणराज्य | Ganrājya
Gujarati | Gujarati | ભારત | Bhārat  | ભારતીય ગણતંત્ર | Bhārtiya Gaṇtāntrā  | ISO 15919 |  | ગણતંત્ર | Gaṇtāntrā
Hindi | Devanagari | भारत | Bhārat  | भारत गणराज्य | Bhārat Ganrājya  | Hunterian |  | गणराज्य | Ganrājya
Kannada | Kannada | ಭಾರತ | Bhārata  | ಭಾರತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ | Bhārata Gaṇarājya  | ISO 15919  |  | ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ | Gaṇarājya
Kashmiri | Perso-Arabic (Nasta'liq)  | ہِندوستان | Hindōstān  | جۆمہوٗرِیَہ ہِندوستان | Jomhūriyā Hindōstān  |  | shown on bank notes[citation needed] | جۆمہوٗرِیَہ | Jomhūriyā
Konkani | Devanagari | भारत | Bharot  | भारत गणराज्य | Bhārat Gaṇrājya  |  |  | गणराज्य | Gaṇrājya
Maithili | Devanagari | भारत | Bhārat  | भारत गणराज्य | Bhārat Gaṇarājya  |  |  | गणराज्य | Gaṇarājya

/bʱaːrət̪ᵊ gɐɳᵊraːd͡ʑjə/ | IPA | /gɐɳᵊraːd͡ʑjə/
Malayalam | Malayalam | ഭാരതം  | Bhāratam  | ഭാരതമഹാരാജ്യം  | Bhāratamahārājyaṁ  | ISO 15919  |  | മഹാരാജ്യം | Mahārājyaṁ
Marathi | Devanagari in the Balbodh style  | भारत | Bhārat  | भारतीय प्रजासत्ताक | Bhārtīya Prajāsattāk  |  |  | प्रजासत्ताक | Prajāsattāk
Meitei (Manipuri)  | Bengali‑Assamese | ভারত | Bharôt  | ভারত গণরাজ্য | Bharôt Gôṇôrajyô  |  |  | গণরাজ্য | Gôṇôrajyô
Meitei script | ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥ[D]
ꯚꯥꯔꯠ | Indiyā
Bharôt  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nepali | Devanagari | भारत | Bhārat  | गणतन्त्र भारत | Gaṇatantra Bhārat  |  |  | गणतन्त्र | Gaṇatantra
Odia | Odia | ଭାରତ | Bhārata  | ଭାରତ ଗଣରାଜ୍ୟ | Bhārata Gaṇarājya  |  |  | ଗଣରାଜ୍ୟ | Gaṇarājya
Punjabi | Gurmukhi | ਭਾਰਤ | Bhārat  | ਭਾਰਤ ਗਣਰਾਜ | Bhārat Gaṇrāj  |  | Shahmukhi script is used for the language in Pakistan but has no official status in India.  | ਗਣਰਾਜ | Gaṇrāj
Sanskrit | Devanagari | भारतम् | Bhāratam  | भारतमहाराज्यम् | Bhāratamahārājyam  |  |  |  |
Santali | Ol Chiki | ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ[E] | Siñôt  | ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱯᱱᱟᱹᱛ | Siñôt Renāg Ăpnăt  |  | Mahali is a dialect of Santali.[6] | ᱟᱹᱯᱱᱟᱹᱛ | Ăpnăt
Devanagari | भारोत[7] | Bharot  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sindhi | Devanagari | भारत | Bhārat
Hindōstān  | भारत गणतन्त्र[citation needed] | Bhārat Gaṇtantra  |  |  | गणतन्त्र | Gaṇtāntrā
Arabic (Naskh)  | ڀارت
هندستان | جمهوريه ڀارت
جمهوريه هندستان[citation needed] | Jamhūriyā Bhārat
Jamhūriyā Hindōstān  |  |  | جمھوريا[citation needed] | Jamhūriyā
Tamil | Tamil | இந்தியா[F][8] | Intiyā  | இந்தியக் குடியரசு[8] | Intiyak kuṭiyaracu  |  |  | குடியரசு | Kuṭiyaracu
Telugu | Telugu | భారతదేశం | Bhāratadeśaṁ  | భారత గణతంత్ర రాజ్యము | Bhārata Gaṇathanthra Rājyamu  | ISO 15919  |  | గణతంత్ర రాజ్యము | Gaṇatantra Rājyamu
Urdu | Perso-Arabic (Nasta'liq)  | ہندوستان[citation needed] | Hindustan  | جمہوریہ ہندوستان[citation needed] | Jamhūriyā Hindustān  |  |  |  جمہوریہ  (Naskh)
جمہوریہ  (Nastaliq) | Jamhūriyā

Footnotes:

1. ^ a b Colours: the names are colour-coded by similarity.
2. ^ Official writing system(s) or script(s) are shown first for each language. (If they do not display on your device, most are available for Windows in the Microsoft font family Nirmala UI, or for all systems in the free fonts from Google's Noto fonts.)
3. ^ The short names link to the Wikipedia page about India in that language if available.
4. ^ Image of the text in the font Noto Sans Meetei Mayek. The script is also available in the Microsoft font family Nirmala UI. "Indiyā" ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥ in Meitei script
5. ^ Image of the text in the font Noto Sans Ol Chiki. The script is also available in the Microsoft font family Nirmala UI. "Siñôt" ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ in Ol Chiki script
6. ^ இந்தியா "Intiyā" is used officially by the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry state governments, while the Tamil Nadu state anthem Tamil Thai Valthu uses பாரத "Pārata".

## See also[edit]

* Names for India
* Bharat (disambiguation)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Constitution of India". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
2. ^ "Department of official Language | Government of India". Archived from the original on 1 October 2014.
3. ^ Salzmann, Zdenek; Stanlaw, James; Adachi, Nobuko (8 July 2014). Language, Culture, and Society: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology. Westview Press. ISBN 9780813349558 - via Google Books.
4. ^ "The Official Languages Act, 1963". rajbhasha.nic.in. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
5. ^ Languages Included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ "Glottolog 4.2.1 – Mahali (Santali)". glottolog.org. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
7. ^ "Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) | Registry.In". registry.in. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
8. ^ a b "பாரதம், இந்தியா... ஒரே நாடு இரண்டு பெயர்... காரணம் என்ன?".

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