860 Indian languages; Arunachal Pradesh has maximum number of dialects

Q.  Which of the following is/are true?

1) There are 860 languages in India.
2) Arunachal Pradesh has the maximum number of dialects.
- Published on 01 Jun 16

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

ANSWER: Both 1 and 2
 
  • Gujrat-based Bhasha Research and Publication Centre (BPRC), had conducted a linguistic survey identifying 860 Indian languages.
  • Survey which was completed in 2013 identifies 860 Indian languages with Arunachal Pradesh having the maximum number of dialects.
  • Also, 300 languages are no longer traceable since Independence. The situation is grim when it comes to extinction of languages. In the Census report of 1961, a total of 1652 mother tongues were mentioned. About 300 of these are no longer traceable.
  • As many as 40 crore people in India can communicate in Hindi. We found that Hindi as a language has gained popularity more than English and anything communicated in the language which is popular among the masses, would have a better reception.
  • The survey holds great significance as it is almost a century after George Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India that such a survey has been carried out.

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