Re: Granting national language status to all Pak languages
India has 22 recognized national languages and it is still one country. Pakistan should also adopt a three language formula like India. Each state can have their own official language.
A further 22 languages are scheduled for official use:
- Assamese — official language of Assam
- Bengali — official language of Tripura and West Bengal
- Bodo — official language of Assam
- Dogri — official language of Jammu and Kashmir
- Gujarati — official language of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Gujarat
- Hindi — official language of Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal
- Kannada — official language of Karnataka
- Kashmiri — official language of Jammu and Kashmir
- Konkani — official language of Goa
- Maithili — official language of Bihar
- Malayalam — official language of Kerala and Lakshadweep
- Manipuri or Meithei — official language of Manipur
- Marathi — official language of Maharashtra and Goa
- Nepali — official language of Sikkim
- Oriya — official language of Orissa
- Punjabi — official language of Punjab, second official language of Delhi
- Sanskrit — Mother of most Indian languages
- Santhali
- Sindhi
- Tamil — official language of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry
- Telugu — official language of Andhra Pradesh
- Urdu — official language of Jammu and Kashmir, some districts in Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh