Multilingualism and India
India is renowned for its socio-cultural diversity in general and linguistic diversity in particular. According to 2011 census, our country has 121 different mother tongues spoken across the country. Among these 121 languages , 14 mother tongues have at least 10 million speakers. Besides these languages India has 1599 other languages which create a magical medley in the cultural atmosphere of the country.
Although Hindi and English both are used by the government of India as the official languages, each Indian state has the right to determine its official language based on the ability and status of its regional languages. At present 22 major languages have been acknowledged as scheduled languages of India.
Our county’s multilinguality has been the result of movements of people and races to this fertile land since time immemorial .Numerous ethnic groups and the varied cultural heritage that they brought with them caused assimilation and creation of the multilingual canvas of India. According to linguists , the languages of India belong to four major language families –
- Indo-European (spoken by people of northern and central India)
- Dravidian (spoken mainly in south India)
- Mon-khmer ( spoken in Assam and other eastern parts of India)
- Sino-Tibetan ( spoken by people of the northern Himalayan region and places near Burmese border)
Together, these language families make up the colourful plethora of voices through which races express their identity and strengthen India’s massive cultural diversity .
By -ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Devojani Borah Kakati
DEPARTMENT :B.Ed
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