5 More Languages, Including Marathi and Bengali, To Get “Classical” Status | EnvoyPost

In a major decision, the Union Cabinet on Thursday 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.