[lg policy] Depoliticising languagesSHARE TWEET Depoliticising languages By Editorial Published: February 25, 2019 1 SHARES SHARE TWEET EMAIL Languages spoken in a country play a pivotal role in forming the collective identity of various ethnicities as a nation, as it simultaneously reflects on the diverse origins and cultural arrangements of these groups. Linguistically, Pakistan’s history has been no less turbulent, even to this day, politics and social structures are deeply divided over conflicts surrounding language, Muhajir and Seraiki sooba are terms pointing at the lingual connotations attached to issues that are more national than of a group or groups. Past week, National Language Day was observed across the country to revive and promote national and regional languages of the country. Apart from languages or linguistic departments being highly neglected ones by both the public and private offices, there are countless lesser known reasons for the loss of the beauty and the richness
Harold Schiffman
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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
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Email: haroldfs at gmail.com
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