The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson

The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson

What’s the language of India?

The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson

Vijay Gambhir [+-]
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Vijay Gambhir is a retired professor of South Asian languages and linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania. She received her MA in linguistics from Delhi University and Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania. Her areas of interest include syntax, second language acquisition, assessment and heritage language learning. She has published articles in scholarly journals and books. She is the editor of the book 'Teaching and Acquisition of South Asian Languages' published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. She is also guest editor of 'Teaching and Learning South Asian Heritage Languages', the first volume of the online journal South Asia Language Pedagogy and Technology.

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India has hundreds of languages and dialects. Hindi is the most widely spoken language in the country and belongs to the Indo-European language family, like English.

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Gambhir, Vijay. What’s the language of India?. The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 278-282 Apr 2012. ISBN 9781908049490. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=20821. Date accessed: 29 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.20821. Apr 2012

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