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Enumerate the languages listed in the eighth schedule to our constitution. Analyse why the calls for including certain other Indian languages into the same schedule are frequent nowadays?
Enumerate the languages listed in the eighth schedule to our constitution. Analyse why the calls for including certain other Indian languages into the same schedule are frequent nowadays?
List of 8th schedule languages:
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Santhali, Maithili and Dogri are the 22 languages presently in the eight schedule to the Constitution.
Very recently, the demand is on the rise for the inclusion of Tulu language, mainly spoken in certain regions of Karnataka and Kerala, under the eight schedule to our Constitution
Benefits accrued by an 8th schedule language:
- The Government of India and the related State governments should take all the necessary steps to preserve as well as to enrich the language.
- Very Importantly, the Central Institute of Indian languages based in Mysore will work for its enrichment in multiple ways
- The Regional Language Centres will also work on the lines of the Central Institute of Indian languages.
- Under the National Translation Mission, the knowledge expressed in other important languages will be translated to the newly include 8th schedule language
- The task of alphabets and pronunciation enrichment of a new 8th schedule language could be undertaken.
- The National Academy of Letters (Sahitya Akademi) will recognize the excellent literary works written in it.
- Members of Parliament and Members of the Legislative Assembly could speak that language in Parliament and State Assemblies, respectively.
- Competitive examinations at both all-India and state level can be taken up in the 8th schedule language
- Primary and High schools will teach it
- Special Funds will be allotted for its enrichment both by the centre and state governments
Road Ahead:
- There are around 30 Indian languages (not mentioned under 8th schedule) which are being spoken by over a million people each. Moreover, there are more than 100 languages in India which are spoken by less than 10,000 people.
- There are also more than 1500 languages, most of which are considered as dialects belonging to some specific regions. The Rajasthani language is a case in point (Rajasthani is a dialect of Hindi)
- Given this complexity, the Indian government should rationalise the process of including an Indian language under the 8th schedule to our Constitution.
- Recognition from the Sahitya Akademi.
- Sahitya Akademi is also called India’s National Academy of Letters, which preserves and promotes literature contained in different Indian languages.
- Translation of Tulu literary works into other languages.
- Members of Parliament (MP) and Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) could speak Tulu in Parliament and State Assemblies, respectively.
- Option to take competitive exams in Tulu including all-India competitive examinations like the Civil Services exam.
- Special funds from the Central government.
- Teaching of Tulu in primary and high school.
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