- Recently, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister of India, has approved the Classical Language status for Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali languages.
- The recognition of a language as classical is based on the following criteria established by a Linguistic Experts Committee.
Criteria For Classical Language
- Other Recognised Classical Languages: Tamil (2004), Sanskrit (2005), Telugu (2008), Kannada (2008), Malayalam (2013), and Odia (2014).
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