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Twenty languages in state on road to extinction, says survey</h1></span></div><div class="clrdiv" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;clear:both;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">About 20 indigenous languages of the state are fast disappearing, revealed a country-wide survey conducted by the People's Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI) after its completion was announced on Thursday. </span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">However, Maharashtra has the third-highest number of indigenous languages among India's 28 states. While Arunachal Pradesh topped the list with 90 languages, Assam qualified as second highest with 55 languages. Maharashtra took the third position, with 46 languages belonging to coastal, nomadic and adivasi communities, besides Marathi, which alone has 14 different dialects. </span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><div>Access full article below: </div></div><div><a href="http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Twenty-languages-in-state-on-road-to-extinction-says-survey/articleshow/21723587.cms">http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Twenty-languages-in-state-on-road-to-extinction-says-survey/articleshow/21723587.cms</a></div>