National Language

International Mother Language Day 2024: History, theme, importance, wishes

International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on February 21. The purpose of this day is to promote and save native languages, and bring issues to light on inclusive education

Govt completes mother tongue survey of 576 languages across country

The Ministry of Home Affairs has successfully completed a mother tongue survey with field videography of 576 languages and dialects across the country. According to the annual report of the home ministry for 2021-22, it has been planned to set up a web archive at the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to preserve and analyse the original flavour of each indigenous mother tongue. For this purpose, proper editing in arranging the linguistic data by in-house linguists is under process, it said. The Mother Tongue Survey of India (MTSI) project is successfully completed with field videography of 576 mother tongues, the report said. The home ministry said the Linguistic Survey of India (LSI) is a regular research activity in the country since the 6th Five Year Plan. In continuation to earlier publications under this project, the volume on LSI Jharkhand is finalised and that on LSI Himachal Pradesh is nearing completion. The field work of LSI Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh is going on. Th

No intention of making Hindi alone national language, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said there was no intention of making Hindi alone the national language and threaten the identity of regional languages like Kannada. Senior leader of the party and former Minister Priyank Kharge, who is also Congress's State media cell in-charge, was briefing reporters about Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra and the interaction with representatives of many educational institutions and teachers. "There was a discussion with Rahul Gandhi about the identity of Kannada. Then, he said everyone's mother tongue is important. We respect all languages. Everyone has a right in the Constitution," Kharge said. He said, "Therefore, he (Rahul Gandhi) clearly stated that there was no intention of making Hindi alone the national language and threatening the identity of your language (Kannada)." Kharge said those who participated in the interactions confirmed that they were not related to the Congress party, but were participating in the yatra to save the ..

Discussion needed with other CMs: Mamata on increased pitch for Hindi

Banerjee was replying to queries regarding Union Home Minister Amit Shah's recent remarks over the importance of Hindi at an event in New Delhi

Congress pans Home Minister Amit Shah over his comments on Hindi

Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages

Tied to a nation state

To believe that one language unifies all would mean that many languages divide the people. However, to cast language in this role seems antithetical to its original intent

Conduct official events in 'national language', says Harsh Vardhan

Happy that the programme is being conducted in Hindi. It is not a sin to compere in English: Vardhan