<p>The tribal Gujjar community of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday demanded that Gojri be recognised as an official language and included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Dr Javed Rahi, secretary of tribal research and cultural foundation, a frontal organisation of the Gujjars, appealed to the union home minister “to amend the list of official languages of India by including Gojri - the oldest tribal language - into it, during the forthcoming session of Parliament.” Rahi said that the recommendation has already been made to the Center. <br /><br />J&K government — during the governor’s rule in 1990s — had made recommendation of an official status to Gojri. <br /><br />He added, “Gojri has a strong literary tradition and has been recognised as a tribal language of India by the Sahitya Academy. Noted saint, scholar and Hindi-Persian poet of 13th century Hazrat Amir Khusroo had called Gojri as one of the eighteen major Indian languages of his time,” he added.<br /><br />Rahi attributes contemporary researchers and historians to call Gojri as the mother of Rajasthani, Gujrati, Urdu and Haryanvi languages. <br /><br />There are 22 languages in the eighth Schedule of which three namely Urdu, Kashmiri and Dogri are from Kashmir.<br /></p>
<p>The tribal Gujjar community of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday demanded that Gojri be recognised as an official language and included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Dr Javed Rahi, secretary of tribal research and cultural foundation, a frontal organisation of the Gujjars, appealed to the union home minister “to amend the list of official languages of India by including Gojri - the oldest tribal language - into it, during the forthcoming session of Parliament.” Rahi said that the recommendation has already been made to the Center. <br /><br />J&K government — during the governor’s rule in 1990s — had made recommendation of an official status to Gojri. <br /><br />He added, “Gojri has a strong literary tradition and has been recognised as a tribal language of India by the Sahitya Academy. Noted saint, scholar and Hindi-Persian poet of 13th century Hazrat Amir Khusroo had called Gojri as one of the eighteen major Indian languages of his time,” he added.<br /><br />Rahi attributes contemporary researchers and historians to call Gojri as the mother of Rajasthani, Gujrati, Urdu and Haryanvi languages. <br /><br />There are 22 languages in the eighth Schedule of which three namely Urdu, Kashmiri and Dogri are from Kashmir.<br /></p>