Official names of India
India has 23 official languages. The its constitution lists the name of the country in each of the languages.[1] Hindi and English are the "official languages of the union" (Union meaning the Federal Government located in Delhi);[2] Tamil and Sanskrit are officially the "classical languages of India."
Hindi and English
| Language | Official short form | Official full form | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hindi |
Devanagari | भारत | भारत गणराज्य |
| Hunterian transliteration | Bhārat | Bhārat Gaṇrājya | |
| English | India | Republic of India | |
Eighth Schedule Languages
| Language | Official short name for India [upper-alpha 1] | Official full name for The Republic of India [upper-alpha 1] | Details | "Republic (of)" | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official Name | Script Name [upper-alpha 2] | Indian script [upper-alpha 3] | Transliteration | Indian script | Transliteration or IPA | Transliteration system shown | Dialect details or script status | Indian script | Transliteration or IPA |
| Assamese | [[Bengali–Assamese script|BengaliTemplate:NbhAssamese]] | ভাৰত | Bhārôt | ভাৰত গণৰাজ্য | Bhārôt Gônôrāzyô | গণৰাজ্য | Gônôrāzyô | ||
| Bengali | [[Bengali–Assamese script|BengaliTemplate:NbhAssamese]] | ভারত | Bhārot | ভারতীয় প্রজাতন্ত্র | Bhārotiyo Projātôntro | প্রজাতন্ত্র | Projātôntro | ||
| Bhojpuri | Kaithi | 𑂦𑂰𑂩𑂞 | Bhārat | 𑂦𑂰𑂩𑂞 𑂏𑂝𑂩𑂰𑂔𑂹𑂨 | Bhārat Ganrājya | 𑂏𑂝𑂩𑂰𑂔𑂹𑂨 | Ganrājya | ||
| 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 | PersoTemplate:NbhArabic in the Nasta'liq style | ہِندوستان | Hindōstān | جۆمہوٗرِیہَ ہِندوستان [source?] | Jomhūriyā Hindōstān | shown on bank notes[source?] | جۆمہوٗرِیہَ | 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 | Bharatam | ഭാരതീയ മഹാരാജ്യം | Bhārtīya mahārājyaṁ | ISO 15919 | മഹാരാജ്യം | Mahārājyaṁ | |
| Marathi | Devanagari in the Balbodh style | भारत | Bhārat | भारतीय प्रजासत्ताक | Bhārtīya Prajāsattāk | प्रजासत्ताक | Prajāsattāk | ||
| Meitei (Manipuri) | [[Bengali–Assamese script|BengaliTemplate:NbhAssamese]] | ভারত | Bharôt | ভারত গণরাজ্য | Bharôt Gôṇôrajyô | গণরাজ্য | Gôṇôrajyô | ||
| Meitei script | ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥ {{efn-ua| Image of the text in the font Noto Sans Meetei Mayek. The script is also available in the Microsoft font family Nirmala UI. | Indiyā | |||||||
| 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 | Perso-Arabic script is used for Pakistani dialects but has no official status in India.[source?] | ਗਣਰਾਜ | Gaṇrāj | |
| Sanskrit | Devanagari | भारतम् | Bhāratam | भारतमहाराज्यम् | Bhāratamahārājyam | ||||
| Santali | Ol Chiki | ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ {{efn-ua| 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 ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱯᱱᱟᱹᱛ | Siñôt Renāg Ăpnăt | Mahali is a dialect of Santali.[3] | ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱯᱱᱟᱹᱛ | Renāg Ăpnăt | |
| Devanagari | भारोत [4] | Bharot | |||||||
| Sindhi | Devanagari | भारत | Bhārat | भारत गणतन्त्र [source?] | Bhārat Gaṇtantra | गणतन्त्र | Gaṇtāntrā | ||
| PersoTemplate:NbhArabic | ڀارت | جمھوريا ڀارت [source?] | Jamhūriyā Bhārat | جمھوريا [source?] | Jamhūriyā | ||||
| Tamil | Tamil | பாரதம்[5] | Bhāratham | பாரதக் குடியரசு[5] | Bhārathak kudiyarasu | குடியரசு | Kudiyarasu | ||
| Telugu | Telugu | భారత | Bhārata | భారత గణతంత్ర రాజ్యము | Bhāratha Gaṇathanthra Rājyamu | ISO 15919 | గణతంత్ర రాజ్యము | Gaṇathanthra Rājyamu | |
| Urdu | [[Urdu alphabet|PersoTemplate:NbhArabic]] in the Nasta'liq style | بھارت | Bhārat | جمہوریہ بھارت [source?] | Jamhūriyā Bhārat | Template:Uninaskh (Naskh) جمہوریہ (Nastaliq) |
Jamhūriyā | ||
- Footnotes:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Colours: the names are colour-coded by similarity.
- ↑ Official writing system(s) or script(s) are shown first for each language. (If they don't 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.)
- ↑ The short names link to the Wikipedia page about India in that language if available.
References
- ↑ "Eighth Schedule". National Informatics Centre (NIC). 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
- ↑ "The Union: Official Language". National Informatics Centre (NIC). 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ↑ "Glottolog 4.2.1 - Mahali (Santali)". glottolog.org. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ↑ "Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) | Registry.In". www.registry.in. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "பாரதம், இந்தியா... ஒரே நாடு இரண்டு பெயர்... காரணம் என்ன?".