English pushing native languages towards extinction? (fwd link)

Fri Apr 4 18:22:00 UTC 2008

English pushing native languages towards extinction?
Sujit Roy, 04 April 2008, Friday

India now has the status of highest English speaking population in the world.
While this is an envious development for other countries, fear that looms over
linguistic circles is whether native Indian languages will finally reach
minority status.

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