🔹️Tamil(2004)
🔹️Sanskrit (2005)
🔹️Kannada (2008)
🔹️Telugu(2008)
🔹️Malayalam (2013)
🔹️Odia (2014)
💎All classical languages are listed in Eighth schedule of Constitution.
🔺️Guidelines for declaring a language classical language:-
1) High antiquity of its early texts/recorded history over a period of 1500-2000 years.
2)A body of ancient literature/texts which is considered a valuable heritage by generation of speakers.
3) The literary tradition should be original and not borrowed from another speech community.
4) The classical language & literature being distinct from modern ,there may also be a discontinuity between classical language & its later forms or its offshoots.
🎖 Once a language is notified as a classical language, the Human Resource & Development Ministry provides certain benefits to promote it:-
1)Two major annual international awards for scholars of eminence in classical Indian languages.
2) A centre of excellence for studies in classical language is setup.
3) The University Grants Commission is requested to create ,to start with atleast in the central universities, a certain number of professional chairs for the classical language so declared.
