{{Short description|Categorization of languages in India}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2018}}
'''''Modern Indian language''''' ('''MIL''') is a term used in India to denote several Indian languages used in modern times, with or without official status. Though most Modern Indian languages are also mentioned in Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India, it is not necessary that all languages listed in either of them is listed in other one.
==Languages== Modern Indian languages are listed below.<ref>[http://cbse.nic.in/curric~1/mil02.pdf Central Board of Secondary Education]</ref> * Assamese * Bengali * Boro * Bhutia * Gujarati * Kashmiri * Kannada * Lepcha * Limbu * Maithili * Malayalam * Meitei (Manipuri) * Marathi * Mizo * Odia * Punjabi * Sanskrit * Santali * Sindhi * Tamil * Telugu * Urdu * Dogri
==Application== Most education boards in India teach at least one of the MILs in schools.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160705180410/http://www.chseodisha.nic.in/upload/Courses_of_studies_she_sc.pdf Courses of studies] </ref> UPSC requires candidates to be well versed in at least one MIL.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
==See also== * Less Commonly Taught Languages
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Languages of India
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