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	Topics Sahitya Akademi Topic Home The Sahitya Akademi (??????? ??????) is an IndiaIndia India , officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia.... n organisation dedicated to the promotion of literatureLiterature Overview Literature is literally "acquaintance with letters" as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary .... in the languages of IndiaLanguages of India The languages of India primarily belong to two major linguistic families, Indo-European and Dravidian.... . Founded on March 12 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government. The Sahitya Akademi organises national and regional workshops and seminars; provides research and travel grants to authors; publishes books and journals, including the Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature; and presents the annual Sahitya Akademi AwardSahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi awards was instituted in 1954 in India and is administered by the Sahitya Akademi.... of Rs. 50,000 (approx. USD 1,100) in each of the 22 languages it supports. The Sahitya Akademi Library is one of the most important multi-lingual libraries in India with a rich collection of books on literature and allied subjects. It also publishes two bimonthly literary journals -- Indian LiteratureIndian Literature (journal) Indian Literature is arguably the most prestigious literary journal of India, presently being published bi-monthly by the Sa... in English and Samkaleen Bharatiya Sahitya in Hindi. Supported languages AssameseAssamese language Assamese or xmiya is a language spoken in the state of Assam in northeast India.... BengaliBengali language Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language of East South Asia, evolved from Prakrit, Pali and Sanskrit.... DogriDogri language Dogri is an Indic language spoken by some two million people in South Asia, chiefly in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir... EnglishEnglish language English is a widely distributed language that originated in England but is now the primary language in numerous countries.... GujaratiGujarati language Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, part of the greater Indo-European language family.... Hindi KannadaKannada language Kannada is one of the major Dravidian languages of southern India and one of the oldest languages in India.... KashmiriKashmiri language Kashmiri is a Dardic language spoken primarily in valley of Kashmir, a South Asian region now split between India and Pakist... KonkaniKonkani language Konkani is a language of India, and belongs to the Indo-European family of languages.... MaithiliMaithili language Maithili is of the family of Indo-Aryan languages, which are part of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages.... MalayalamMalayalam language Malayalam is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India.... Meitei MarathiMarathi language Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Maharashtrian people of western India.... NepaliNepali language Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Nepal, Bhutan, and some parts of India and Myanmar .... OriyaOriya language Oriya is one of the Indian languages mainly spoken in the Indian state of Orissa, though there are also significant Oriya-sp... PunjabiPunjabi language Punjabi is the language of the Punjabi people and the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan.... RajasthaniRajasthani language Rajasthani is one of the prominent members of Indo-Aryan languages family.... Sanskrit SindhiSindhi language Sindhi is the language of the Sindh region of South Asia, which is now a province of Pakistan.... TamilTamil language Tamil is a classical language and one of the major languages of the Dravidian language family.... TeluguTelugu language Telugu is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where it is the official language.... Urdu See also Jnanpith AwardJnanpith Award The Jnanpith Award is the highest literary honour conferred in the Republic of India.... Sahitya Kala ParishadSahitya Kala Parishad Sahitya Kala Parishad is the Cultural wing of the Govt.... External links UNESCOUNESCO UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945....