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Search Results for: Central Institute of Indian Languages
“A View of Higher Education in India”, a public lecture by Prof. Ganesh Devy delivered on September 26th, 2010 at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore
All languages created by human communities are our collective cultural heritage. Therefore, it is our collective responsibility to ensure that they do not face the global phonocide let loose in our time. | Read or download the full lecture here … Continue reading
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Cultural invisibility – India’s 196 endangered languages (Unesco Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger 2009)
The state of indigenous languages today mirrors the situation of indigenous peoples. In many parts of the world, they are on the verge of extinction. […] However, with the growing global recognition of indigenous knowledge systems, the hope that indigenous … Continue reading
Posted in Assimilation, Childhood and children, Community facilities, Constitution and Supreme Court, Democracy, Education and literacy, Endangered language, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Languages and linguistic heritage, Misconceptions, Multi-lingual education, Names and communities, Press snippets, Revival of traditions, Seven Sister States, Tribal identity
Tagged Khasi, Naga, Onge
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Languages, traditions and culture of tribals to be protected: New dictionaries of unique tribal languages – Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute
Times of India, Dec 3, 2014 MYSURU: For the first time, Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute (KSTRI) has come up with a novel initiative to preserve languages of tribals in the state. KSTRI is gearing to launch dictionaries of tribal … Continue reading
Posted in Education and literacy, Government of India, Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature and bibliographies, Modernity, Names and communities, Organizations, Press snippets, Rural poverty, Southern region
Tagged Dungri Garasia, Eruliga, Hakki Pikki, Harin Shikari, Hasalaru Marathi, Sidhi
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Conference on unrecognized languages: Bhasha Research Centre – Gujarat
The Indian Express, Vadodara, Thu Feb 18 2010 Come March, and the city’s linguistic diversity will increase manifold, though for a few days. […] People speaking as many as 250 languages, which are not recognised by the Indian constitution, will … Continue reading
Posted in Constitution and Supreme Court, Government of India, Languages and linguistic heritage, Modernity, Names and communities, Networking, Organizations, Press snippets, Western region
Tagged Irula
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Tribal languages face extinction as “young people want to be part of the mainstream culture” – Uttarakhand
Excerpts from The Telegraph, Calcutta, Sunday , July 25 , 2010Death of a languageJad, a tribal language in Uttarakhand, is slowly going extinct. Hemchhaya Detravels to the tribe’s remote habitat and explains how many native languages around the world are dwindling … Continue reading
Posted in Constitution and Supreme Court, Cultural heritage, Endangered language, Figures, census and other statistics, Globalization, Government of India, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Maps, Modernity, Names and communities, Organizations, Press snippets, Seven Sister States, Tagore and rural culture, Tribal elders
Tagged Bo, Rong Ba
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