Multilingualism is the ability of the individual speaker or community of speakers to communicate effectively in three or more languages.The person who can speak muntiple language is known as multilingualism
The Constitution of India designates the official languages of India as Hindi and English. The number of bilingual speakers in India is 314.9 million, which is 26% of the population in 2011.
Pluralism is the co-existence of various cultures, religions or communities without losing their own identities. Multilingualism in India has been thriving for thousands of years proving that many languages in India are coexisting together without losing their own identities and maintaining the pluralistic nature of India intact.
The features of Multilingualism are as follows: 1) Multilingualism is the result of nationalism and nationism. 2) It is possible to become Multilingual without being multicultural.
1) When a person has nationalistic views, they want to learn more about different cultures of the nation and thus tries to learn more languages. For Eg: Person having nationalistic feelings trying to learn 2-3 languages like Marathi, Gujrati, Kannad 2) It is not necessary to follow a multicultural approach to be multilingual. For eg: If a person believes in Marathi culture, he can only follow that culture but speak different languages at home,at work or with friends.
3) Multilingualism enables us to expand our personal horizons and gain new perspectives, to compare, contrast and build new relationships. 4) It gives scope to understand and appreciate people of various cultures or countries.
3) When we are multilingual, we get to know about different cultures, different backgrounds of people, we share their emotions when we speak in their language and thus expand our horizons. 4) We understand various cultures through different languages and thus we understand and appreciate them. For Eg: When we learn English, we also learn about the English culture, the industrial revolution in England and develop a sense of respect
5)When mother tongues are healthily maintained along with multilingualism at all levels various benefits accrue to the minority groups. 6)Communication across the country remaims open and unimpaired because of multilingualism.
5) Multilingualism doesn't mean learning new languages and forgetting our own mother tongue. When a person is multilingual and at the same time speaks and gives importance to mother tongue it gives power to all the groups to express themselves. 6) When people visit various parts of India and are multilingual, they can easily communicate with people. Also in every part of India people speaking various languages reside together. Knowing each others language helps them to communicate without any barriers
Hence, the multilingualism in india has existed from the beginning of recorded history and has been preceived as a very natural phenomenon of life. Existence and maintained of cultural , linguistic religious or ethinic diversity have always been a part of Indian tradition and culture.
Multilingualism is the ability of the individual speaker or community of speakers to communicate effectively in three or more languages.The person who can speak muntiple language is known as multilingualism
ReplyDeleteMultilingualism in India:
ReplyDeleteThe Constitution of India designates the official languages of India as Hindi and English. The number of bilingual speakers in India is 314.9 million, which is 26% of the population in 2011.
Pluralism is the co-existence of various cultures, religions or communities without losing their own identities. Multilingualism in India has been thriving for thousands of years proving that many languages in India are coexisting together without losing their own identities and maintaining the pluralistic nature of India intact.
ReplyDeleteThe features of Multilingualism are as follows:
ReplyDelete1) Multilingualism is the result of nationalism and nationism.
2) It is possible to become Multilingual without being multicultural.
1) When a person has nationalistic views, they want to learn more about different cultures of the nation and thus tries to learn more languages. For Eg: Person having nationalistic feelings trying to learn 2-3 languages like Marathi, Gujrati, Kannad
Delete2) It is not necessary to follow a multicultural approach to be multilingual. For eg: If a person believes in Marathi culture, he can only follow that culture but speak different languages at home,at work or with friends.
3) Multilingualism enables us to expand our personal horizons and gain new perspectives, to compare, contrast and build new relationships.
ReplyDelete4) It gives scope to understand and appreciate people of various cultures or countries.
3) When we are multilingual, we get to know about different cultures, different backgrounds of people, we share their emotions when we speak in their language and thus expand our horizons.
Delete4) We understand various cultures through different languages and thus we understand and appreciate them. For Eg: When we learn English, we also learn about the English culture, the industrial revolution in England and develop a sense of respect
5)When mother tongues are healthily maintained along with multilingualism at all levels various benefits accrue to the minority groups.
ReplyDelete6)Communication across the country remaims open and unimpaired because of multilingualism.
5) Multilingualism doesn't mean learning new languages and forgetting our own mother tongue. When a person is multilingual and at the same time speaks and gives importance to mother tongue it gives power to all the groups to express themselves.
Delete6) When people visit various parts of India and are multilingual, they can easily communicate with people. Also in every part of India people speaking various languages reside together. Knowing each others language helps them to communicate without any barriers
Hence, the multilingualism in india has existed from the beginning of recorded history and has been preceived as a very natural phenomenon of life. Existence and maintained of cultural , linguistic religious or ethinic diversity have always been a part of Indian tradition and culture.
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