1. Basavaraja Kodagunti
Central University of Karnataka,
Gulbarga, Karnataka
bkodagunti@rediffmail.com

2.  Language rights is an important new topic for
us, because their existence usually reveals
past and present injustice or exploitation
against the weak in the world. Our
responsibility as academics is the careful
exploration of the nature of language rights
and their consequences
 Paulston

3.  Language is an instrument which holds
culture
 Multilingualism reflects multiculturalism
 The welfare of the multilingualism can be one
of the major way of holding multiculturalism
 To understand the culture of a community
one need to learn the language of the
community
 As well, to enrich the multiculturalism, it
needs to empower languages

4.  Living in their language is a right to every
person in the world
 People experiences and understands the
world in their language
 The mind and thinking are language bounded
 A persons talent can be well explored in
her/his language
 The mother tongue education can be a better
way of education

5.  Indian Constitution for education to all
Program like sarva shikshana abhiyana
continuation of this is sarva bhasha shikshana
 Indian Supreme Courte for education in
mother tongue

6.  each child required to learn:
 (a) the regional language and the mother
tongue when the latter is different from the
regional language
 (b) Hindi or, in Hindi-speaking areas, another
Indian language
 (c) English, or any other modern European
language

7.  There are more number of mother tongues in
each state differing regional language


8.  Regional language is one which is a major
language of the state
 The major language of the state can be a
minor language in other states
 Each state has got number of languages,
some of the languages available across the
state borders and some used in a state

9.  No state offering education in all mother
tongues used within the boundary
 Major regional languages of India, recognized
by the Indian constitution have got place in
education system of different states as a
language, as in Manipur
 and there are states which have place for
other minor languages likeTulu in Karnataka

10.  1. INDO-EUROPEAN
 (a) INDO-ARYAN : 1. Assamese (S), 2. Bengali(S), 3. Bhili/Bhilodi, 4. Bishnupuriya, 5. Dogri(S) 6.
Gujarati(S), 7. Halabi, 8. Hindi(S), 9. Kashmiri(S), 10. Khandeshi,11. Konkani(S), 12. Lahnda. 13.
Maithili(S), 14. Marathi(S), 15. Nepali(S), 16. Oriya(S), 17. Punjabi(S), 18. Sanskrit(S), 19. Shina, 20.
Sindhi(S), 21. Urdu(S),
 (b) IRANIAN : 1. Afghani/Kabuli/Pashto, 2. Persian
 (c)GERMANIC : 1. English.
 2. DRAVIDIAN : 1. Coorgi/Kodagu, 2. Gondi, 3. Jatapu, 4. Kannada(S), 5. Khond/Kondh, 6. Kisan, 7.
Kolami, 8. Konda, 9.Koya, 10. Kui, 11. Kurukh/Oraon, 12. Malayalam(S), 13. Malto, 14. Parji, 15Tamil(S),
16.Telugu(S), 17.Tulu.
 3. AUSTRO-ASIATIC : 1. Bhumij, 2. Gadaba, 3. Ho, 4. Juang, 5. Kharia, 6. Khasi, 7. Koda/Kora, 8. Korku,
9. Korwa, 10. Munda, 11.Mundari, 12. Nicobarese, 13. Santali(S) 14.Savara.
 4.TIBETO-BURMESE : 1. Adi, 2. Anal, 3. Angami, 4. Ao, 5. Balti, 6. Bhotia, 7. Bodo (S), 8. Chakesang, 9.
Chakru/Chokri, 10. Chang, 11. Deori, 12. Dimasa, 13. Gangte, 14. Garo,15. Halam, 16. Hmar, 17. Kabui, 18.
Karbi/Mikir, 19. Khezha, 20. Khiemnungan, 21.Kinnauri, 22. Koch, 23. Kom, 24. Konyak, 25. Kuki, 26.
Ladakhi, 27. Lahauli, 28. Lakher, 29. Lalung, 30. Lepcha, 31. Liangmei, 32. Limbu, 33.Lotha, 34.
Lushai/Mizo, 35. Manipuri(S), 36. Maram, 37. Maring, 38. Miri/Mishing, 39. Mishmi, 40. Mogh, 41.
Monpa, 42. Nissi/Dafla, 43. Nocte, 44. Paite, 45. Pawi, 46. Phom, 47. Pochury, 48. Rabha, 49. Rai
50.Rengma, 51. Sangtam, 52. Sema, 53. Sherpa, 54. Simte, 55.Tamang 56.Tangkhul, 57.Tangsa, 58.
Thado, 59.Tibetan, 60.Tripuri, 61.Vaiphei, 62.Wancho, 63.Yimchungre, 64. Zeliang, 65. Zemi, 66.
Zou.
 5. SEMITO-HAMITIC: 1. Arabic/Arbi

11.  1,635,280 speakers of those languages and
mother tongues which were not identifiable
or returned by less than 10000 speakers at all
India level

12.  Multilingualism can not be questioned, as it is
the very nature of the world
 Can not be ruled out as it is very much existed
in most parts of the world and most time of
the age

13.  Multilingualism exists because of the
development, which is a nature
 Today’s countries of Europe were not a single
language land an all the time of the history,
and they can not be single language countries
in the future, America is a very much
multilingual country, though it is not overtly
considered,
 A language itself develop in to various
dialects which develop in to languages

14.  In education
 In administration
 In media

15.  Need to bring all languages in to the
education system
 Need to give education in each language
 Preparation of textbooks and material
production in all languages
 Option has to be given to each person, to
choose her/his own language in education
 As to reach the right to education

16.  Local administration: a language may be
used in the administration, if 30% of the
people in the particular political region
constitute a linguistics community
 Is it happening?

17.  There are very few languages used in media,

18.  The Indian so called diversity is because of
the minor languages and communities of
India, but not of major languages and
communities
 About 80% of the people speak only 20% of
Indian languages, remaining 20% of the
people uses 80% of the diverse languages
 To mention the multiculturalism and to face
the globalization, it needs to see
multilingualism alive

19.  Most concentration is on major languages is
seen elsewhere
 However, there is need to look at each
language equally, which is not seen
 People are not enjoying their rights in India

20.  Endangered languages and language death
 Alternative ways to work
 The education in

21.  Better understanding of multiculturalism is
recognizing each other
 Are we recognizing all languages?

22. Thanking you
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