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Option 3 : Odia
The correct answer is Odia.
- Presently there are Six classical languages in India.
- Classical Languages are declared by the Government of India.
- Classical languages are declared following the guidelines of the Ministry of culture.
- The six classical languages and when they are declared
- Tamil in 2004,
- Sanskrit in 2005,
- Kannada in 2008,
- Telugu in 2008,
- Malayalam in 2013, and
- Odia in 2014
- All the Classical Languages are listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
- Guidelines for declaring classical languages are
- High antiquity of its early texts/recorded history over a period of 1500-2000 years,
- A body of ancient literature/texts, which is considered a valuable heritage by generations of speakers,
- The literary tradition be original and not borrowed from another speech community,
- The classical language and literature being distinct from modern, there may also be a discontinuity between the classical language and its later forms or its offshoots.
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