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Download full textSridhar, Kamal K. – 1991
Language and literacy issues in India are reviewed in terms of background, steps taken to combat illiteracy, and some problems associated with literacy. The following facts are noted: India has 106 languages spoken by more than 685 million people, there are several minor script systems, a major language has different dialects, a language may use…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Developing Nations, Dialects, Foreign Countries
