Eighth Schedule of the Constitution specifies 22 languages. These are Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri (Dongri), Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Mathili (Maithili), Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, OdiaPunjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu , Sindhi, Konkani, Manipuri , Nepali , Bodo, Dongri, Maithili and Santhali .