In 2024 five more languages were granted classical status. Which set was it?

Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and BengaliCorrect answerYour answerMalayalam, Odia, Konkani, Manipuri and DogriCorrect answerYour answerPunjabi, Gujarati, Urdu, Sindhi and KashmiriCorrect answerYour answerBhojpuri, Rajasthani, Tulu, Maithili and SanthaliCorrect answerYour answer

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Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali were approved together in October 2024.
That took the number of classical languages from six to eleven.
Malayalam and Odia had already been granted the status earlier, in 2013 and 2014.

Worth noting

Pali and Prakrit are the unusual entries, because neither is a language of everyday speech today — the status recognises a literary corpus, not a speaking population.

Concept: The 2024 addition to the classical languages
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In 2024 five more languages were granted classical status. Which set was it?

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