{"id":967,"date":"2021-09-27T13:51:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T12:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/?p=967"},"modified":"2024-11-12T20:46:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T20:46:07","slug":"the-languages-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/2021\/09\/27\/the-languages-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"The languages of India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Rohana (Year 8) asks why there are 121 languages in India?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The population of India stands at 1.366 billion people. This figure is equivalent to one seventh of the global population and is higher than the population of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India&nbsp;is rich in linguistic diversity because it is a continent-sized landmass with a large population, containing more than 10% of the global population and 10% of the global&nbsp;languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, it is likely that people originating from northern India and those from southern India will not understand what the other is saying. So, if you go to India, make sure you know a few words in the correct language!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The map showcases the vast number and range of languages spoken in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/languages-of-india.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/languages-of-india.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/languages-of-india-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also see that two people living only an hour apart may speak a whole different language! In India, linguistic borders are fluid and lots of people speak at least two languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might be wondering why there are so many languages spoken in India? When India was colonised, other countries introduced new cultures, religions and sometimes languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it difficult to learn a new language? Of course! It is just like when we learn French, German or Spanish, but that\u2019s what makes India so special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing languages brings people closer together in a way that really warms your heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rohana (Year 8) asks why there are 121 languages in India? The population of India stands at 1.366 billion people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-modern-foreign-languages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":991,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions\/991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}