Question 4937

In which state of India is Bodo a language as the second official language?

Answer

Assam

Why?

The correct answer is Assam. Key Points Bodo language is the second official language of Assam. Estimated to have 1.5 million audio systems (Census 2011), Bodo is listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. It is spoken in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya, and West Bengal. While Bodo is formally written in the Devanagri script, the language has records of having been written in at least three special scripts — till in 1974, the Government recognized Devanagari as its reliable script. In the first decade of the twentieth century, Bodos began writing in the Assamese/Bangla scrip t. Then they additionally used Roman Script. it used to be the first tribal language to be covered in the Eight Schedule. The new Accord additionally guarantees to set up a separate directorate for Bodo medium schools, provincialize faculties and schools in the BTAD (Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District), and set up a Cultural Complex-cum-Centre of Excellence in Kokrajhar for safety and merchandising of the language