Multilingualism in India

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2020

Abstract

With a growing population of just over 1.3 billion people, India is an incredibly diverse country in many ways. This article will focus specifically on contemporary linguistic di­versity in India, first with an overview of India as a multilingual country just before and after Independence in 1947 and then through a brief outline of impacts of multilingualism on busi­ness and schools, as well as digital, visual, and print media.

Publication Title

Education About Asia, Special Edition: Teaching Asia's Giants India

Volume

25

Issue

3

First Page

38

Last Page

45

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