Names of the Republic of India in its official languages

The following table lists the names of the Republic of India in each of the twenty-three constitutionally recognised languages listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India.[1] All official languages share equal status due to a Gujarat High Court ruling in 2010 (see National language#India)

LanguageLong formTransliterationShort formTransliteration
Assamese Bharôt Gônôrajyô Bharôt
Bengali Bharôtiyô Prôjatôntrô Bharôt, Bharôtbôrshô
Bodo
Dogri
English[2] Republic of India  India
Gujarati Bhārtiya Gantāntrā Bhārat
Hindi (Devanāgarī) Bhārat Ganarājya Bhārat
Kannada Bhārata Ganarājya Bhārata
Kashmiri جمہوٗرِیت بًارت / जुम्हूरियत भारत Jumhūriyat Bhārat بًارت / भारत Bhārat
Konkani
भारत गणराज्य / ಭಾರತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ
Bhārat Gaṇarājya
भारत / ಭಾರತ
Bhārat
Maithili
ভারত গণরাজ্য / भारत गणराज्य
Bharat Ganarajya Bharat
Malayalam ഭാരത ഗണരാജ്യം Bhārata Gaarājyam ഭാരതം Bhāratam
Meitei Manipuri
ভারত গণরাজ্য
Bharôt Gônôrajyô Bharôt
Marathi Bhārtiya Prajāsattāk Bhārat
Nepali Gaṇatantra bhārat Bhārat
Oriya Bhārôtô Gônôrājyô Bhārôtô
Punjabi Bhā̀rat Gaṇtantar Bhā̀rat
Sanskrit Bhāratamahārājyam Bhāratam
Santhali
Sindhi
भारत गणराज्य / هندستانڀارت،
Bhārat Gaṇarājya
भारत / ڀارت،
Bhārat
Tamil[3] Inthiyak kudiyarasu Inthiyā
Telugu Bhārata Gaṇataṇtra Rājyamu Bhārata Desamu
Urdu Jumhūrīyat-e Bhārat
بھارت , ہندوستان
Bhārat, Hindustan

Other recognised languages

LanguageLong formTransliterationShort formTransliteration
Bhojpuri Bhārat Gaṇarājya
भारत
Bhārat

See also

References

  1. "Eighth Schedule" (PDF). National Informatics Centre (NIC). 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
  2. "CIA Factbook: India". CIA. Retrieved 2007-03-10.
  3. "Government of Tamil Nadu Official site". National Informatics Centre (NIC). 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
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