Names of India in its official languages

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

Full and short official names of India in Hindi and English.
Language		Official short form	Official full form
Hindi	Devanagari	भारत	भारत गणराज्य
Hindi	Hunterian transliteration	Bhārat	Bhārat Gaṇrājya
English		India	Republic of India

Eighth Schedule languages

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^{[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	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	جۆمہوٗرِیَہ	Jomhūriyā
Konkani	Devanagari	भारत	Bharot	भारत गणराज्य	Bhārat Gaṇrājya			गणराज्य	Gaṇrājya
Maithili	Devanagari	भारत	Bhārat	भारत गणराज्य	Bhārat Gaṇarājya			गणराज्य	Gaṇarājya
Maithili	Devanagari	भारत	Bhārat	भारत गणराज्य	/bʱaːrət̪ᵊ gɐɳᵊraːd͡ʑjə/	IPA		गणराज्य	/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 (Manipuri)	Meitei script	ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥ^{[upper-alpha 4]} 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^{[upper-alpha 5]}	Siñôt	ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱯᱱᱟᱹᱛ	Siñôt Renāg Ăpnăt		Mahali is a dialect of Santali.^[6]	ᱟᱹᱯᱱᱟᱹᱛ	Ăpnăt
Santali	Devanagari	भारोत^[7]	Bharot
Sindhi	Devanagari	भारत	Bhārat Hindōstān	भारत गणतन्त्र	Bhārat Gaṇtantra			गणतन्त्र	Gaṇtāntrā
Sindhi	Arabic (Naskh)	ڀارت هندستان	Bhārat Hindōstān	جمهوريه ڀارت جمهوريه هندستان	Jamhūriyā Bhārat Jamhūriyā Hindōstān			جمھوريا	Jamhūriyā
Tamil	Tamil	இந்தியா^{[upper-alpha 6]}^[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	Hindustan	جمہوریہ ہندوستان	Jamhūriyā Hindustān			جمہوریہ _(Naskh) جمہوریہ _(Nastaliq)	Jamhūriyā

Footnotes:

1 2 Colours: the names are colour-coded by similarity.
↑ 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 .)
↑ The short names link to the Wikipedia page about India in that language if available.
↑ 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
↑ 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
↑ 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".

References

1 2 "Constitution of India". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
↑ "Department of official Language | Government of India". Archived from the original on 1 October 2014.
↑ 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.
↑ "The Official Languages Act, 1963". rajbhasha.nic.in. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
↑ Languages Included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Glottolog 4.2.1 – Mahali (Santali)". glottolog.org. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
↑ "Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) | Registry.In". registry.in. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
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[colour-6] 1 2 Colours: the names are colour-coded by similarity.

[7] 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 .)

[8] The short names link to the Wikipedia page about India in that language if available.

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"Siñôt" ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ in Ol Chiki script

[13] 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".

[constitution1-1] 1 2 "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.

[rjb-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

[11] "Glottolog 4.2.1 – Mahali (Santali)". glottolog.org. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

[12] "Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) | Registry.In". registry.in. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

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