| Section 2 f of the Manipur Official Language Act, 1979 states that the official language of Manipur is the Manipuri language an older English name for the Meitei language written in the Bengali script | , , , , , , , are the Additional Official Languages for the purpose of preservation of culture and tradition |
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| The Konkani-Marathi Controversy : 2000-01 version" | The official language policy of the union territory states that the Tamil language should be the primary language used for all or any of the official purposes of the union territory |
National Commission for Linguistic Minorities.
19| Asian Survey University of California Press• Eleven other languages — Bhutia, Lepcha, Limboo, Newari, Gurung, Mangar, Mukhia, Rai, Sherpa and Tamang - are termed "official", but only for the purposes of the preservation of culture and tradition | The National Commission for Linguistic Minorities, 1950 ibid makes no mention of Chhattisgarhi as an additional state language, despite the 2007 notification of the State Govt, presumably because Chhattisgarhi is considered as a dialect of Hindi |
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| There are three primary languages used for official purposes - Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam | Official website of Directorate of languages, Government of Maharashtra |
In case of Mahe and Yanam, Malayalam and Telugu, respectively, may be used instead of or in conjunction with Tamil.
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