FIFTY YEARS OF LANGUAGE PLANNING FOR MODERN HINDI
The Official Language of India
Hindi - according to the 1991 Census of India, is the mother tongue of 233,432,285 persons (22% of the entire Indian population), and is spoken as a language (which includes 47 or so mother tongues cobbled...
in more than one language. Even in the case of a relatively unaffected country from globalization like Nepal, understanding and use of English and Hindi in day-to-day walk of life has encouraged business students to master themselves in at least three languages. We are finding out what is the proportion...
TABLE OF CONTENTS
❖ Facts and figures
❖ Population of India
❖ History of India
❖ Culture and people
❖ Environment of India
❖ Name of many cities of India
❖ National symbol of India
they were enthusiastic users of Urdu. They were also struggling to procure political status for Hindi which would displace Urdu. In their eagerness to achieve this objective, they began declaring Hindi rather than Punjabi as their mother tongue in the censuses with the intention of gaining numerical...
Introduced by the British colonization and today the official language of the Indian
Nation in association with Hindi, English is spoken as a second language by a minority of
the educated population of 8 to 11% according to current estimations. A chance for India
to converse with the world cultures, in compensation...
English, Spanish and Castilian are also spoken largely in various corners of the country of Trinidad and Tobago. Hindi is also another very popular language in Trinidad. Many people use Hindi as their way to communicate. In fact, the language difference is varied with place to place. In different locality...
of people sometimes called ethnic minorities, who have lost or never acquired sovereignty. What happens when one of the counties with the largest populations on earth looses control over starts to loose control of 5.7 million people? The current map of Nation-States could be subject to change if the Tamil...
"Most of the studies showing beneficial effects are based on very large intakes that just aren't realistic for the general population," he said. "The typical American consumes 10 to 14 grams a day. The recommendation is for 25 or more grams, which is a huge departure from one's...
The Constitution of India recognizes twenty one ‘official’ regional languages and Hindi as the ‘national official’ language. In addition, English is used as a ‘link’ language for communication between Hindi and non-Hindi states. An aspect of the language problem in India is that no language problem in...
HOW TO RAISE AN AWARENESS ABOUT THE LIFE INSURANCE IN THE COUNTRY
The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) (Hindi: भारतीय जीवन बीमा निगम) is the largest state-owned life insurance company in India, and also the country's largest investor. It is fully owned by the Government of India. Headquartered...
Nowadays, due to India's population is constantly increasing, the Indian became more and more powerful economy and trade country, more policy relaxation of import and export trade standards...
The City of San Fernando registered a total population of 265,073 based on the census conducted in 2005. This was up by 43,216 as compared to the 221,857 figure recorded in the May 2000 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) of the NSO. (Table 3-1 Population Distribution) The 2005 census also indicated...
and the Creation of Hindi Media
Communities in Singapore
Arunajeet KAUR and Faizal YAHYA
Indian communities in Singapore, especially of non-Tamil sub-ethnicity,
have received renewed impetus to replenish their cultural ties with India
as a homeland with the advent of Hindi Cable channels such...
India Demographics Profile 2013
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Population | 1,205,073,612 (July 2012 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 29.3% (male 187,386,162/female 165,345,284)
15-24 years: 18.2% (male 116,019,042/female 103,660,359)
25-54 years: 40.2% (male 249,017,538/female...
INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLGY AND MANAGEMENT
A Study of Value Innovation In Hindi News Channels.
(An assignment in partial fulfillment of internal assessment requirements of paper “Research Methodology” for second term of Executive MBA with specialization of ITM Executive Education Centre, Kharghar in...
Over Population Sa Pilipinas
Napakahalaga para sa atin na malaman ang nangyayari sa ating bansa. Sa pamanahong papel na ito tinatalakay ang patuloy na pagdami ng populasyon sa ating bansa, at kung ano ang epekto nito sa ating pamumuhay. Isang malaking suliranin ang paglobo ng ating...
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian...
Javanese (1890- 1939). By 1971 the Surinamese Javanese community numbered 60,000, comprising 16% of the population of the colony. 34,000 Indians (1873-1916)
Asian Migration cont’d
Indians, & 4,000 Chinese
Gujarati: Jowari, Juar
Hindi : Jowari, Juar
Kannada : Jola
Marathi : Jowari, Jondhala
Oriya : Juara
Punjabi : Jowar
Tamil : Cholam
Telugu : Jonna
Gujarati: Jowari, Juar
Hindi : Jowari, Juar
Kannada : Jola
Marathi : Jowari, Jondhala
as large as France but with a significantly larger population. The eastern region was thought to be neglected and under-governed. By splitting the province, an improved administration could be established in the east where, subsequently, the population would benefit from new schools and employment opportunities...
fossil record. A good understanding of plants is crucial to the future of human societies as it allows us to:
Produce food to feed an expanding population
Understand fundamental life processes
Produce medicine and materials to treat diseases and other ailments
Understand environmental changes more...
and geographic complex and changing environment, rich in a variety of terrain, climate changing, high population density, India is a federal state and composed from 22 provinces, the highest population density at the Ganges and Asia tactlessness River Yamuna the intersection of two major holy rivers in...
This can be seen through the examples of Japan, Thailand and China (Zamen, 1984). Further, “the attempts by Congress elites to bring about an all Hindi-speaking Union, and the attempt by State governments within India to bring about language rationalization within state boundaries” makes it apparent...
India's population grew by 21.34 % between 1991 and 2000. If the growth continues in the same way, space might be a problem.
Although India occupies only 2.4% of the world's land area, it supports over 15% of the world's population. 63.5% of the population are the age of 14-65. The population is growing...
history in the Caribbean, however, English has always co-existed in the Indian subcontinent alongside thousands of local languages. So for most of the population, it has only ever been a second language.
The origins of English in India
The British first arrived in India in the early 1600s and soon established...
Gender, Friendship, and Excess in 1970s Hindi Cinema
The Bombay film industry (Bollywood) is usually considered, along with other state-sanctioned institutions, in its role as a force for cultural and political consolidation within the architecture...
level of development.
It is common knowledge that India is the country with the second biggest population in the world. Its population is estimated as one billion people in 2006 (1). This huge population is rather diverse but there are three main things that united the whole nations. They are: language...
by the Austeric and Sino-Tibetan tongues. The Indian Constitution declares Hindi to be the official language of the Union. Hindi is also the mother tongue of about 20% of the Indian population in the area known as the 'Hindi-belt' or the 'cow-belt' of northern India. This includes the states of Uttar...
linguistically close to English and learning English is not a tough task for the French and the Spanish, just as learning Gujarati is not a tough task for a Hindi speaker. So English is really not a foreign language for US. Now let’s talk about the developed countries.
Language of Higher education
1,173,108,018 (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 30.5% (male 187,197,389/female 165,285,592)
15-64 years: 64.3% (male 384,131,994/female 359,795,835)
65 years and over: 5.2% (male 28,816,115/female 31,670,841) (2010 est.)