Linguistically speaking – English becomes India’s 'Numero-Uno' language

Friday, September 23, 2011 -
An Indian Journal - Seeking Balance in India
by Sonal Jaitly

WASHINGTON, September 23, 2011—India has a rich linguistic history with more than 22 different national languages spoken throughout the length and breadth of the country. The 1991 census recognized 1576 mother tongues and grouped them into 114 different languages. Imagine the plight of a linguist trying to study all the languages of the country. So how does English survive in this linguistic caldroun?

India’s tryst with its “own foreign languageâ€