In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will be likely to die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization(UNESCO). In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations...
Making a clear distinction between languages versus dialects is extremely difficult, especially in mountainous areas with isolated linguistic groups. This is clearly the case with Tibetic languages. In general, the varieties spoken in central Tibet and nearby areas are considered Tibetan dialects, while...
In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will be likely to die out by the next century, according the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations-...
Boro, also Bodo, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Boro people of Northeast India, Nepal and Bengal. It is official language of the Bodoland
In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 1anguages spoken around the world today will be likely to die out by the next century according the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).t In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations-...
Santali is a Munda language spoken in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan by about 7.6 million people.
Lepcha is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in parts of India, Nepal and Bhutan by about 66,730 people. In 2011 there were 47,300 Lepcha speakers in Dzongu district of Sikkim state, and in Kalimpong and Darjeeling in West Bengal in the north east of India. There were 11,700 Lepcha speake...
A total of 1652 mother tongue names was identified, but it should be remembered that mother tongues are not identical to languages or dialects.The question as to how many languages are spoken in India is still a question that cannot be answered with certainty. We really need another Linguistic...
(Ethnologue). It is the language that unifies multilingual India, home to some 400 different languages/dialects. Outside ofIndia, Hindi is spoken in Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Botswana, Canada, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Guyana, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, ...
The Test of Proficiency in Korean, orTOPIK, is a similar test that ranks speakers looking to prove themselves as speakers. TOPIK ranks testers according to six levels, with Level 6 being the most proficient and Level 1 being the least. ...