{"id":312205,"date":"2024-10-04T22:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T16:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=312205"},"modified":"2024-10-04T22:00:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T16:30:46","slug":"classical-language-status-granted-to-five-new-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/classical-language-status-granted-to-five-new-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Classical Language Status Granted to Five New Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source:\u00a0<\/b>The post on <strong>Classical Language Status Granted to Five New Languages\u00a0<\/strong>is based on the article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_delhi\/issues\/102033\/OPS\/GOMDDO7OJ.1+GCVDDPTJA.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marathi, Bengali among five granted classical language status by Union Cabinet<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0 <b>\u00a0<\/b>published in\u00a0<b>\u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 4th October 2024.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<p>The Union Cabinet has approved classical language status for five new languages: Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Pali and Prakrit.<\/p>\n<h2>India\u2019s Classical Languages<\/h2>\n<p>Prior to this decision, India had six classical languages: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Sanskrit and Odia.<\/p>\n<p>Tamil was the first to receive classical status in 2004, followed by Sanskrit in 2005.<\/p>\n<h2>Current criteria for Declaring a Language as Classical<\/h2>\n<p>i)\u00a0<strong>Antiquity:<\/strong>\u00a0The language must have early texts or recorded history spanning 1500-2000 years.<\/p>\n<p>ii)\u00a0<strong>Literary Heritage:<\/strong>\u00a0The language should have a body of ancient literature or texts considered valuable heritage by generations of speakers.<\/p>\n<p>iii)<strong>\u00a0Original Literary Tradition:<\/strong>\u00a0The literary tradition should be original and not borrowed from another speech community.<\/p>\n<p>iv)\u00a0<strong>Distinctiveness:<\/strong>\u00a0The classical language and its literature should be distinct from the modern form, and there may be a discontinuity between the classical language and its later forms or offshoots.<\/p>\n<p>Languages with Classical Status: Tamil declared in 2004, Sanskrit declared in 2005, Kannada declared in 2008, Telugu declared in 2008, Malayalam declared in 2013 and Odia declared in 2014.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits of Classical Language Status<\/h2>\n<p><strong>i) Awards:\u00a0<\/strong>Two major annual international awards for scholars of eminence in classical Indian languages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ii) Centres of Excellence:<\/strong>\u00a0Establishment of a Centre of Excellence for studies in Classical Languages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>iii) Academic Support:<\/strong>\u00a0The University Grants Commission is requested to create a certain number of Professional Chairs for the Classical Languages, at least in the Central Universities.<\/p>\n<h2>Employment and Cultural Opportunities<\/h2>\n<p>1. The inclusion of new classical languages is expected to create employment opportunities in academia, research and related fields.<\/p>\n<p>2. Preservation and digitisation of ancient texts will also generate jobs in archiving, translation, publishing and digital media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Art and culture<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0The post on Classical Language Status Granted to Five New Languages\u00a0is based on the article \u201cMarathi, Bengali among five granted classical language status by Union Cabinet&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0published in\u00a0\u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 4th October 2024. Why in the News? The Union Cabinet has approved classical language status for five new languages: Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Pali and Prakrit.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/classical-language-status-granted-to-five-new-languages\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Classical Language Status Granted to Five New Languages<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-312205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}