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| Jon1991 Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5365 days ago 98 posts - 126 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French, Russian | Message 1 of 13 01 May 2010 at 10:58pm | IP Logged |
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I have a huge interest in India and I'am fascinated by the diversity of languages found in the country; but what has alway struck me is what are the most used and important languages. Hindi and English are vital for use in the government, courts, military etc but what are the other ones? This question is aimed particularly at Indians who speak Hindi and English and want to study another Indian language and why.
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Kashmiri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu are all official languages with each one having many millions of speakers. Here are some linguistic maps of India - http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/318266853_1fac0f7a1d.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g_jQv0fBJZU/RvFQLyx8YlI/AAAAAAAAAG I/B8hNNh7LaeY/s400/languages_map_india.gif 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| chucknorrisman Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5448 days ago 321 posts - 435 votes Speaks: Korean*, English, Spanish Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Lithuanian, French | Message 2 of 13 02 May 2010 at 12:42am | IP Logged |
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It would vary greatly for each state. For example, Tamil would be useful in Tamil Nadu, Gujarati in Gujarat, and if you ever want to live in this village called Mattur, you would need to learn Sanskrit. Hindi and English are lingua francas, and the languages for daily life would be the "minority" languages that are concentrated in the regions.
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| Delodephius Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Yugoslavia Joined 5403 days ago 342 posts - 501 votes Speaks: Slovak*, Serbo-Croatian*, EnglishC1, Czech Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 3 of 13 02 May 2010 at 1:23am | IP Logged |
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Which of the Dravidian languages would be the most important to learn, inter-regionally I mean.
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| Emerald Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom languagedabbler.blog Joined 6245 days ago 316 posts - 340 votes Speaks: Hindi, Gujarati*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 13 02 May 2010 at 2:11am | IP Logged |
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After Hindi and English, it really does depend on which part of India you are most
interested in, as the language choice would depend completely on that. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5339 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 5 of 13 02 May 2010 at 2:22am | IP Logged |
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Personally, after knowing English & Hindi, I think Punjabi or Marathi would be best.
That's just me. I really only have an interest in those three Indian languages: Hindi, Punjabi and Marathi. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Emerald Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom languagedabbler.blog Joined 6245 days ago 316 posts - 340 votes Speaks: Hindi, Gujarati*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 6 of 13 02 May 2010 at 2:59am | IP Logged |
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Of course being a native Gujarati speaker, I am all in favour of it. It is a beautiful
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| liddytime Pentaglot Senior Member United States mainlymagyar.wordpre Joined 6229 days ago 693 posts - 1328 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Galician Studies: Hungarian, Vietnamese, Modern Hebrew, Norwegian, Persian, Arabic (Written) | Message 7 of 13 02 May 2010 at 4:26am | IP Logged |
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Wouldn't Tamil be the next most significant as it is the gateway to the Dravidian languages of Southern India ( and
part of Sri Lanka) ? It seems like the other Northern Indian languages are close cousins of Hindi while the Dravidian languages are totally different from Hindi. Edited by liddytime on 02 May 2010 at 1:38pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Raincrowlee Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 6702 days ago 621 posts - 808 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Indonesian, Japanese | Message 8 of 13 02 May 2010 at 4:46am | IP Logged |
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I can't say for sure if it's the next most important, but Telugu is the third most spoken language in India after English and Hindi. It is also a Dravidian language, which would open up the door to the languages of southern India.
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