Languages & locales

IN · IND

India

Official or primary languages with practical BCP 47 locale recommendations.

BCP 47

Languages and locale codes

LanguageCodeRecommended localeStatus
HindiOfficial
EnglishOfficial
BanglaOfficial
TeluguOfficial
MarathiOfficial
TamilOfficial
UrduOfficial
GujaratiOfficial
KannadaOfficial
MalayalamOfficial
OdiaOfficial
PunjabiOfficial
AssameseOfficial
MaithiliOfficial
NepaliOfficial
SantaliOfficial
KashmiriOfficial
KonkaniOfficial
SindhiOfficial
SindhiOfficial
KhasiOfficial
SanskritOfficial

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Data snapshot: 2026-08-14