LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 21:9 September 2021
ISSN 1930-2940

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The Status of Telugu in a Multilingual Society with Special Reference to Mauritius (Article in Telugu)

Dr. (Mrs.) Rajwantee Dalliah, Ph.D.

Introduction

This research paper gives an overview of the status of Telugu in the multilingual and multiethnic Mauritian society ranging from the arrival of the Telugu migrants till date. It also focuses on a brief outline of the role of Telugu language and culture in this environment.

This paper consists of sections with a brief introduction about Mauritius and progresses with the development of themes such as the historical background of the plurilingual island-nation, the situation of the Telugu migrants and the role of Indian languages in Mauritius. It also analyses the change in the status of Telugu language from mother-tongue to second/foreign language. Moreover, it also focuses on the teaching of Telugu in the present second/foreign language situation.

After their arrival from South India from the 1830s, the Telugu migrants, though limited in number, tried by all means to preserve their maternal language and culture. However, after four to five generations, today Telugu is no longer considered as a maternal language but rather, as an ancestral language. The presence of the Mauritian Kreol as the mother-tongue of most Mauritians and the role of French and English as the colonial languages have deeply impacted upon the Indian languages, especially the minority languages. As previously mentioned, this paper focuses mainly on an analysis of the gradual change in the status of Telugu and its actual place in the multilingual Mauritian society where twelve languages are in use.

This is only the introduction to the article written in Telugu. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.


Dr. (Mrs.) Rajwantee Dalliah (Ph.D.)
Lecturer, Department of Telugu Studies
Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Mauritius
rdalliah@yahoo.com
reena.dalliah@mgi.ac.mu
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