TNPSC Thervupettagam

New Classical Languages 2024

October 8 , 2024 47 days 249 0
  • The Union Cabinet approved giving the status of 'classical language' to five more languages - Marathi, Bengali, Pali, Prakrit and Assamese.
  • With this cabinet decision, the number of languages that have the status will nearly double from six to 11.
  • The languages that had the tag earlier were Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia.
  • Tamil was granted the status in 2004 and the last language to get it was Odia, in 2014.
  • The new classical languages will also have the national awards, Chairs in universities, and centres for promotion set up for them in due course.

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