भारत, एक भाषा संगम। How have Indian languages evolved?

'कोस कोस पर बदले पानी, चार कोस पर वाणी, जो नहीं बदलती वो है हिंदुस्तानी।’ तो आइये करते है आज हिंदुस्तानी भाषाओं पर एक पुलियाबाज़ी। जिसमे बातें पाकिस्तान में बोली जाती एक द्रविड़ भाषा ब्राहुई से लेकर पूर्वोत्तर के बाजार की भाषा नगामीस तक। एक दूसरे के जैसी पर एक दुसरे से अलग, ऐसी भारतीय भाषाओं की कहानी संपादक और लेखक कार्तिक वेंकटेश के साथ।  

This week, an evergreen Puliyabaazi on the diversity of Indian languages. Why do languages evolve the way they do? How did the many different languages and dialects of India evolve? What role did the British play in reviving some of these languages? Do languages die? What gets lost when we lose a language? Find some interesting answers to these fascinating questions in this conversation with editor and author, Karthik Venkatesh. 

We discuss:

• How do languages evolve

• Brahui-Clues to the language of Indus Valley Civilization

• Oldest Indian Languages

• How the British contributed to Indian languages

• Linguistic survey of India

• The late arrival of printing in India

• The interesting dynamics of Hindi and Urdu

• Link languages

• Do languages die?

Readings:

10 Indian Languages and How They Came to Be

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भारतीय भाषाओँ में हमारे अतीत के सुराग़. Clues to our past in Indian languages.

हिंदी-उर्दू : इतिहास और राजनीतिकरण. Hindi Urdu Unity.

एक देश, कईं भाषाएँ, एक लिपि। Many Languages, One Script

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