Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Linguist says Indian languages are threatened

Eminent linguist and the founder director of the Central Institute of Indian Languages D.P. Pattanayak pointed out that all Indian languages are threatened. And it is not only the small, tribal languages, but even major languages like Hindi. The octogenarian was speaking at the inauguration of the two-day Bharat Bhasha Confluence, organised by the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, which began in Vadodara on Monday.

Among those present were speakers of 320 Indian languages representing all states and union territories along with a host of luminaries, including writer-activist Mahasveta Devi and noted Gandhian Narayanbhai Desai.

Pattanayak has also urged the central government to conduct the long overdue linguistic survey in the country.
‘This is the only way to know all our languages,’ Pattanayak said.

Full report here Calcutta Tube

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