Endangered Languages of India

Dying languages in India - Millennium India Education Foundation

Dying languages in India · 1. Vulnerable: when it is restricted to certain domains, e.g home · 2. Definitely endangered: when children no longer ...

Turi - Centre for Endangered Languages

Turi is an endangered linguistic community in India that belongs to the Austro-Asiatic language family and is very akin to the Santhali language.

10% of world's endangered languages spoken in India, says linguist ...

Nearly 10 per cent of the world's 4,000 languages facing 'extinction' threat in next 50 years is spoken in India, says linguist Ganesh N ...

India - Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

As leaders in the field of endangered language documentation, we stand at the intersection of linguistics and community activism.

Mapping Endangered Languages in India - Firas Qazi

This data journalism project is an initial attempt to document the geographical spread of these endangered languages in India.

Endangered Languages: Some Concerns

Policies for protecting and promoting the entire range of endangered languages are needed if the linguistic diversity of India is to be preserved. The United ...

'It's challenging to document endangered languages' - The Hindu

The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) in Mysuru has taken up the challenging task of documenting languages that are considered ...

Saving an Endangered Language in India - World Mission Magazine

The Hrusso Akas have a population of about 10,000, mentioned Fr. Vijay D'Souza, SJ, now 48 years of age. He has been working to preserve the language for many ...

Indian languages face threat as 10% fall under endangered category

English posed no real threat to major Indian languages: Linguist Ganesh Devy ... Nearly 10 per cent of the world's 4,000 languages facing ' ...

The lesser-known story of world's most endangered language

N|uu is one of the most endangered languages in the world with only one fluent speaker alive. It is a click language, historically spoken by some factions of ...

Madhika Language on Brink of Extinction - Drishti IAS

As per People's Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI), a linguistic survey by an NGO (Bhasha Research and Publication Centre), there are around 400 ...

promotion of endangered languages - UGC

In recent years, the amazing linguistic diversity of India has been facing a serious challenge. Though language endangerment has been a global phenomenon, and ...

Why so important? - Endangered Languages Project

There were 312 American Indian languages in use when Europeans first arrived in North America; of these, 123 (40%) are known to be extinct. In the U.S., of ...

Seven decades after Independence, many small languages in India ...

Nihali is one of India's 42 critically endangered languages, according to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Large percent of world's languages endangered - Siasat.com

Nearly 50 percent of languages spoken all over the world today are “endangered” and face the threat of extinction. India is among the top with 197 indigenous ...

10% of world's endangered languages spoken in India: PLSI

India constitutes 10 per cent of the 4000 languages from across the world which are 'endangered', he said, stressing that English does not ...

More than 40 Indian languages heading for extinction - Jagran Josh

More than 40 dialects or languages in India are considered to be dying out and they are believed to be heading towards extinction as only a few thousand people ...

Endangered languages: the full list | News | theguardian.com

Kurux (India), 1751489, Vulnerable ; Tamajeq, 1750000, Vulnerable ; Tulu, 1722768, Vulnerable ; Kangdi, 1700000, Definitely endangered.

Protection of Endangered Languages in the Country

Education plays a significant and remedial role in balancing the socio-economic fabric of the Country. Since citizens of India are its most ...

Endangered Indigenous Languages Of The United States - WorldAtlas

In the US, native languages spoken by Indigenous peoples have been declining since European colonization began. Before colonialism, approximately 300 languages ...

Indigenous languages of the Americas

The Indigenous languages of the Americas are the languages that were used by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas before the arrival of non-Indigenous peoples. Over a thousand of these languages are still used today, while many more are now extinct.