Monday, March 30, 2009

INDIAN Languages in UNESCO's endangered list

INDIA, a nation with great linguistic diversity, tops the UNESCO's list of countries having the maximum number of dialects on the verge of extinction. As per UNESCO's list, as many as 196 Indian Languages have been listed as endangered. India is closely followed by the US which stands to lose 192 languages and Indonesia, where 147 languages are in peril.

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