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Re:India’s lost 220 languages in past 50 years by alphakappa on Sunday August 18, 2013 @04:21PM (#6234065)
> I think India needs to adopt an archive and extinguish policy with its many regional languages

Do you have a reason why this is necessary?

> Finally but not the least, Hindi needs to be turned into a language of the arts and sciences

Given the many advantages of learning science in a global language, what would be gained by trying to rewrite everything in a regional language? Is it really easier to rewrite textbooks, and translate scientific papers into Hindi, than it is for children to learn a language (English)?

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Re:India’s lost 220 languages in past 50 years by Vlaix on Sunday August 18, 2013 @04:59PM (#6234215)
Archiving languages is necessary for linguistics' sake. God knows we'd love to have at least some form of written attestation for most ancient tongues.
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Re:India’s lost 220 languages in past 50 years by nileshtrivedi on Sunday August 18, 2013 @05:51PM (#6234400)
I think he was referring to "archive and extinguish policy".
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Re:India’s lost 220 languages in past 50 years by alphakappa on Sunday August 18, 2013 @11:27PM (#6235445)
Yes, it's obvious why archiving is a good idea. I'm interested in knowing why someone thinks that extinguishing a living language is a good idea.
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