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Two Indigenous Languages Are Dying Every Month: UN Assembly President

December 18, 2019

Despite UN efforts throughout this International Year of Indigenous Languages to highlight the daily disappearance of mother tongues across the world, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) warned on Tuesday that “challenges persist nonetheless”.

Around 400 Languages Of Indian Sub-Continent May Die Out In 50 Years, Says Linguistic Survey

August 4, 2017

According to the latest survey conducted by People's Linguistic Survey of India (PSLI) more than half of the languages spoken by habitats of the Indian sub-continent may die

Punjab & Sindh Bank Drops Punjabi, inducts Hindi As Its Official Language

March 17, 2017

In yet another discriminatory step against the Punjabi language by the Central government, the ministry of languages has issued a circular stating that all the administrative works being carried out by the Punjab & Sindh Bank branches from now on will be done in Hindi instead of Punjabi.

It’s Time For The Govt to Stop Spreading the Lie That Hindi is India’s ‘National Language’

October 13, 2016

Last month, the Union government celebrated Hindi pakhwara, or Hindi fortnight, a countrywide mandatory celebration of Hindi at government offices, Public Sector Undertakings, educational institutions and agencies like the Indian Space Research Organisation and National Brain Research Centre that lasted two weeks.

Irreversible loss to human heritage: Another Language died

March 30, 2010

It is beleived that when a language dies, unrecoverable loss occures to Human Haritage. On 4 February, 2010 it was reported that Boa Senior, last speaker of “Bo”, native language of Andaman Island. Due to India's policy of bringing “uniformity and integrity” many native languages are being marginalized and are gradually dying.

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Endangered Languages

Two Indigenous Languages Are Dying Every Month: UN Assembly President

Around 400 Languages Of Indian Sub-Continent May Die Out In 50 Years, Says Linguistic Survey

Punjab & Sindh Bank Drops Punjabi, inducts Hindi As Its Official Language

It’s Time For The Govt to Stop Spreading the Lie That Hindi is India’s ‘National Language’

Irreversible loss to human heritage: Another Language died

Endangered Languages

Two Indigenous Languages Are Dying Every Month: UN Assembly President

Around 400 Languages Of Indian Sub-Continent May Die Out In 50 Years, Says Linguistic Survey

Punjab & Sindh Bank Drops Punjabi, inducts Hindi As Its Official Language

It’s Time For The Govt to Stop Spreading the Lie That Hindi is India’s ‘National Language’

Irreversible loss to human heritage: Another Language died

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