Multilingualism in IndiaDebi Prasanna Pattanayak Multilingualism in India is a challenging and stimulating study of the nature and structure of multilingualism in the Indian subcontinent. India, with 1652 mother tongues, between two hundred and seven hundred languages belonging to four language families, written in ten major script systems and a host of minor ones, represents multilingualism unparalleled in the democratic world. With four thousand castes and communities and equal numbers of religious faiths and cults, its multilingualism matches its pluriculturalism. |
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The Regional Language visāvis English as the Medium | 15 |
Special | 37 |
Psychological Consequences of Mother Tongue Maintenance | 54 |
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