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A comment on India’s lost 220 languages in past 50 years. Parent comment

Re:India’s lost 220 languages in past 50 years by kamaal on Sunday August 18, 2013 @11:55PM (#6235523)
>>Just something as simple as encouraging the adoption of language Y at home, and encouraging (not necessarily forcing) its use in schools, the media, etc. should do the job.

You seriously think people are simply going to throw away their linguistic culture, literature and other major accomplishments which are happening from at least some 3000 years old(Nearly every South Indian language will fall in this bracket) and then adopt one common standard which is not even spoken by 10% Indians? All for what?

Compared to any South Indian language, Hindi is a baby. And even that is saying something.

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Re:India’s lost 220 languages in past 50 years by test001only on Monday August 19, 2013 @01:30AM (#6235803)
This exactly, a language spoken by almost less than 10% and then forcing it upon the rest of the people. If a common language is needed why not use English? Trying to to extinguish language?! - Now that is the most comical thing I have heard. As 'srean put it - 'spoken like a true armchair ignoramus'. Why is this even top comment?
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