{"id":31196,"date":"2018-10-27T12:29:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T06:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=31196"},"modified":"2018-10-27T12:29:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T06:59:32","slug":"42-indian-languages-stare-at-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/42-indian-languages-stare-at-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"42 Indian languages stare at extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/over-40-indian-languages-dialects-heading-to-extinction\/article22791472.ece\"><b>42 Indian languages stare at extinction<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 40 languages or dialects in India are believed to be heading towards extinction <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Details:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 40 languages or dialects in India are considered to be endangered.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 42 languages which are spoken by less than 10,000 people. These are considered endangered and may be heading towards extinction<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>List of Endangered Indian Languages or Dialects by UNESCO<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11 from Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Great Andamanese, Jarawa, Lamongse, Luro, Muot, Onge, Pu, Sanenyo, Sentilese, Shompen and Takahanyilang),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7 from Manipur (Aimol, Aka, Koiren, Lamgang, Langrong, Purum and Tarao) <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 from Himachal Pradesh (Baghati, Handuri, Pangvali and Sirmaudi)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manda, Parji and Pengo (Odisha),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koraga and Kuruba (Karnataka),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gadaba and Naiki (Andhra Pradesh),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kota and Toda (Tamil Nadu),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mra and Na (Arunachal Pradesh),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tai Nora and Tai Rong (Assam),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangani (Uttarakhand),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Birhor (Jharkhand),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nihali (Maharashtra),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ruga (Meghalaya)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toto (West Bengal).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Information:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a report of the Census Directorate, there are 22 scheduled languages and 100 non-scheduled languages in India<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are spoken by a large number of people \u2014 one lakh or more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>42 Indian languages stare at extinction Context: More than 40 languages or dialects in India are believed to be heading towards extinction Details: More than 40 languages or dialects in India are considered to be endangered. There are 42 languages which are spoken by less than 10,000 people. 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