LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 22:6 June 2022
ISSN 1930-2940

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Socio Political and Cultural Dominance on the Minority Languages and Cultures ---
A 21st Century Scenario

Sam Mohan Lal, Ph.D.

Abstract

21st century visualizes several changes in India’s overall political, educational, linguistic, cultural, and economic achievements / catastrophes. India’s sociolinguistic scenario has experienced a remarkable transformation in the areas mentioned above. Some of these transformations may be progressive and some may be non-progressive or even can be termed as retrogressive. One can attribute several reasons for these changes. It is appropriate to say that the impact of globalization can be the main reason for the positive transformation India has experienced in the areas of technology, education, and competitiveness. In the meantime, it is not a misnomer if we claim that globalization, Indian language policies, planning strategies and different kinds of socio linguistic situations have contributed significantly towards the retrogressive metamorphosis of linguistic and cultural subsidence.

This paper tries to throw some light on how the impact of globalization and the government policies could negatively contribute towards possible downgrading or even elimination of the minority cultures and languages. This paper is based on the extensive field works conducted in the areas where the three minority tribal communities Urali, Muduga and Paniya live.

Keywords: Cultural dominance of the majority, Minority Languages and Cultures, Indian context, Urali, Paniya, Muduga.

1. Introduction

21st century visualizes several changes in India’s overall political, educational, linguistic, cultural, and economic achievements / catastrophes. India’s sociolinguistic scenario has experienced a remarkable transformation in the areas mentioned above. Some of these transformations may be progressive and some may be non-progressive or even can be termed as retrogressive. One can attribute several reasons for these changes. It is appropriate to say that the impact of globalization may be an important factor for the positive transformation India has experienced in the areas of technology, education, and competitiveness. In the meantime, one may also claim that globalization, Indian language policies, planning strategies, and different kinds of sociolinguistic situations have contributed significantly towards linguistic and cultural subsidence, especially in the case of minority languages or dialects.

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Sam Mohan Lal, Ph.D.
Professor-cum-Deputy Director (Retired)
Central Institute of Indian Languages
Government of India
Mysuru 570004
sammohanlal@gmail.com
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