Indian languages ‘endangered’: Unesco

[Harold Schiffman]

Date:21/02/2009 URL:
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/02/21/stories/2009022155322200.htm
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Indian languages 'endangered': Unesco

New York: With 196 of its languages listed as endangered, India tops
the Unesco's list of countries having the maximum number of dialects
on the verge of extinction. India is closely followed by the U.S.
which stands to lose 192 languages and Indonesia, where 147 are in
peril.  These facts were revealed in the latest Atlas of World's
Languages in Danger of Disappearing unveiled by the Unesco. — PTI

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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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