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On Whose Tongue Will the Goddess Write, in Whose Tongue Will the State Speak? Mathematics Education, Tamil Language, and the Caste Question in India

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Subramanian, Jayasree; Visawanathan, Venkateswaran T. – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2023

Mathematics education in India is offered in one of the 22 officially recognized state languages or in English even though there are at least 270 languages with more than 10,000 speakers each. Caste, a deep-rooted structure that stratifies Indian society, is integrally linked to shaping state languages. There is minimal research from India that…

Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Multilingualism, Social Class, Social Stratification