Indians beat English at their language

[Dr. Sen]

Before that Ghaznwi never asked your permissions

Haha and when the Pakistanis tried without permission, they were cut in half

Forget history, talk about now.....

 

[!eon]

Haha and when the Pakistanis tried without permission, they were cut in half

Forget history, talk about now.....

They are still holding 796,095 km squares of your Maha Bharat

well I never, it was some Indian kids whose teacher just told them about their enemy, came and dug the history

 

[PWFI]

Sorry. That kind of assertion is Pakistani specialty.

Half of Pakistan think of itself as honorary British and has Burgundy coloured Passport to prove it.




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It seem shame is not very common among indians at least

 

[Levina]

and konkani .. and malayalam

I am not biased towards my mother tongue. I believe that next generation should definitely learn their mother tongue and national language, this so because hindi unites India and it's a language which is understood by majority of ppl in India.

 

[MarkovChain]

I am not biased towards my mother tongue. I believe that next generation should definitely learn their mother tongue and national language, this so because hindi unites India and it's a language which is understood by majority of ppl in India.

You, madam, have never been to Tamil Nadu obviously

I don't think there's a linguistic angle to unity.

 

[Levina]

I don't think there's a linguistic angle to unity.

I think you dont know how ppl in India mock at each other's mother tongue. Hindi is the language that unifies multilingual India.
The issue was, that till not so long back the north Indians and south Indians were skeptical about moving out of their comfort zones, but now interstate migration has become very common owing to urbanization.
But the present issue is that ppl prefer speaking in english rather than speaking in hindi or their mother tongue. According to UNESCO there're about 196 Indian languages that 're enlisted as endangered. There is an urgent need to conserve these languages and ensure their propagation to the next generation... or so I believe.
I am aware that globalisation would soon cause a number of languages to become redundant. India takes pride in the fact that it is the 2nd largest english speaking country, this is proof enough that majority of us still 've a colonial mindset.

 

[MarkovChain]

I think you dont know how ppl in India mock at each other's mother tongue. Hindi is the language that unifies multilingual India.

I agree. There is however no need to force a legislation that hard codes that. India's federalist structure is becoming stronger and whether states want to make a language compulsory or not should be left to them. Anything forced will simply undermine diversity which is the foundation in which our nation is built.

The issue was, that till not so long back the north Indians and south Indians were skeptical about moving out of their comfort zones, but now interstate migration has become very common owing to urbanization.
But the present issue is that ppl prefer speaking in english rather than speaking in hindi or their mother tongue. According to UNESCO there're about 196 Indian languages that 're enlisted as endangered. There is an urgent need to conserve these languages and ensure their propagation to the next generation... or so I believe.

I am aware that globalisation would soon cause a number of languages to become redundant. India takes pride in the fact that it is the 2nd largest english speaking country, this is proof enough that majority of us still 've a colonial mindset.

Languages evolve, become popular or become extinct - just like species. There is no point trying to conserve something that's dying unless there is value to doing so (like sanskrit).

Speaking English has nothing to do with having a colonial mindset. If that was the case, we should make wearing dhoti compulsory and use Indian style toilets instead of flush toilets which were introduced as a British thing.

Britain is quite irrelevant in the current day anyway and English itself has evolved in the last 50 years.

 

[livingdead]

I think you dont know how ppl in India mock at each other's mother tongue. Hindi is the language that unifies multilingual India.
The issue was, that till not so long back the north Indians and south Indians were skeptical about moving out of their comfort zones, but now interstate migration has become very common owing to urbanization.
But the present issue is that ppl prefer speaking in english rather than speaking in hindi or their mother tongue. According to UNESCO there're about 196 Indian languages that 're enlisted as endangered. There is an urgent need to conserve these languages and ensure their propagation to the next generation... or so I believe.
I am aware that globalisation would soon cause a number of languages to become redundant. India takes pride in the fact that it is the 2nd largest english speaking country, this is proof enough that majority of us still 've a colonial mindset.

its weird you are worried that hindi might become extinct (highly unlikely) but not worried about hindi might contribute to some minor languages becoming extict.

I am not biased towards my mother tongue. I believe that next generation should definitely learn their mother tongue and national language, this so because hindi unites India and it's a language which is understood by majority of ppl in India.

its not about you.. its the language of the pupils in the report.

 

[Dr Gupta]

Now an idiot from RSS will claim, english was indian invention :p

Many English words to come from Sanskrit it's a fact

The word ignite for example is derived from the root word agni

 

[livingdead]

Many English words to come from Sanskrit it's a fact

The word ignite for example is derived from the root word agni

well some say it comes from latin.. google it.

 

[Dr Gupta]

well some say it comes from latin.. google it.

Ignite is a Latin word indeed but it stems from the root word agni, as you know Latin, Greek is related to Sanskrit.

 

[MarkovChain]

Many English words to come from Sanskrit it's a fact

The word ignite for example is derived from the root word agni

well some say it comes from latin.. google it.

Latin and Sanskrit share a common ancestor. They are both a part of Indo-European language tree.

 

[livingdead]

Ignite is a Latin word indeed but it stems from the root word agni, as you know Latin, Greek is related to Sanskrit.

any link to any etymology website?

 

[Dr Gupta]

The Serpent The Eagle The Lion & The Disk - Brannon Parker - Google Books

any link to any etymology website?

Son are you testing me? you know I am a Dr but okay as you will

The Serpent The Eagle The Lion & The Disk - Brannon Parker - Google Books



Son are you testing me? you know I am a Dr but okay as you will

List of English Words derived from Sanskrit via Latin Greek Persian | HitXP by Gurudev

If you still do not believe me, do contact Oxford University who have a excellent Sanskrit department and they can enlighten you.

 

[livingdead]

The Serpent The Eagle The Lion & The Disk - Brannon Parker - Google Books



Son are you testing me? you know I am a Dr but okay as you will





List of English Words derived from Sanskrit via Latin Greek Persian | HitXP by Gurudev

If you still do not believe me, do contact Oxford University who have a excellent Sanskrit department and they can enlighten you.

hmm.. two dodgy sources... what sort of dr are you..