Thread: Languages of India

Being a national language Hindi must be taught in every state and city of India. This will make Hindi a common language for India and people will not be afraid in traveling south from north, east from west. This will help a lot in generating state revenue also through tourism.

We are largely dependent on European countries and on US. So, to communicate with them knowledge of English is must. Atleast people must know that much English so that they can communicate with Europeans and Americans.

Writers are other category who are looking for a depth knowledge in English for their writing purpose.

The languages in India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-European languages---Indo-Aryan which are spoken by 72% of Indians and the Dravidian languages which are spoken by 25% of Indians. The principal official language of India is Standard Hindi while English is the secondary official language.

There are many languages that are spoken in india since ages. English is better but hindi also

Hindi is our NATIONAL language we have to speak in HINDI. But now days, in schools colleges students has to give more stress no speaking in English whether they are good or can say uncomfortable to speak in English , but they have to speak only in English rather than their mother-tongue and national language. now day we can see a lot of English learning schools in our cities.......which tells us about "" English is important in today's time........""

Why to change signboards people should be stick to there language only and for students hindi shld be taught first as it is our national language and in many state ppl don't understand hindi.

Hindi is the official language of India however, every state has their own language and people are more comfortable in speaking their mother tongue. Language in my view should not be a barrier to communication. English is now-a-days more popularly spoken and taught as it helps to communicate better while working in MNCs etc. Hindi being the National language should not be neglected and given equal importance as English.

i totally agree with you.It feels like we are ignoring our National Language...

When the government changes states to districts,I believe their should not be any controversy regarding what should be taught in the schools.English and Hindi must be compulsory and the regional language should be taught as demanded by the people.Signboards should not be too much of an issue as they are written in English or Hindi and the Regional translation is done.