Official State Languages query

Pullat Devadas Das Menon dmenon at pacific.net.sg
Mon Aug 19 02:02:26 UTC 1996


I believe that Marwari is a dialect amd mot a language - a language being
defined as having a script, and more importantly its own literature. There
are over 200 dialects in India, all of which are in use. Since these are
dialects they do not find mention in the list of official languages.

Das Menon

At 01:45 PM 8/16/96 BST, you wrote:
>And how can India not recognize the important of Marwari?
>David Magier
>
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