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koavf@lemmy.ml to Linguistics · 8 months ago

Should a Country Speak a Single Language?

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Should a Country Speak a Single Language?

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koavf@lemmy.ml to Linguistics · 8 months ago
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In India, one of the world’s most polyglot countries, the government wants more than a billion people to embrace Hindi. One scholar thinks that would be a loss.
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    That’s fair. Never mind the request then.

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