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Is this for real? Or a game of Chinese whispers gone too far?
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Mandarin approved as official language of Pakistan (not quite)
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Is this for real? Or a game of Chinese whispers gone too far?
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It is no where on any Pakistani news website... 
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Really?? That's just too much!
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It is fake news.
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You can blame Abbtakk for spreading this fake news.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Senate Approves Motion to Declare Chinese as Official Language<a href="https://t.co/GpMvhR0anu">https://t.co/GpMvhR0anu</a> <a href="https://t.co/lbbinXweXb">pic.twitter.com/lbbinXweXb</a></p>— AbbTakk (@AbbTakk) <a href="https://twitter.com/AbbTakk/status/965578013600632832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Misreported by AbbTakk. It was a resolution to teach Chinese to Pakistanj people working on CPEC with Chinese people to "avoid misunderstandings"</p>— Bina Shah (@BinaShah) <a href="https://twitter.com/BinaShah/status/965792636115308549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Lol what's with journalistic integrity these days
https://www.google.com.pk/amp/s/amp...-not-adopted-mandarin-as-an-official-language
https://www.google.com.pk/amp/s/amp...-not-adopted-mandarin-as-an-official-language
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No surprise to see who is jumping on this fake news.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In a short span of 70 years, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pakistan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pakistan</a> has flirted with promoting four languages that were not the mother tongue of many people in the country — English, Urdu, Arabic, & now Chinese —ignoring native languages. <a href="https://t.co/6y0zKvK20m">https://t.co/6y0zKvK20m</a></p>— Husain Haqqani (@husainhaqqani) <a href="https://twitter.com/husainhaqqani/status/965595534542061569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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It will be a wonderful day when this guy is no more.
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What is the status of Punjabi, Pushto etc? Do they have official status in the federal states?
Regional languages may die a slow death in India and Pak.
Might take more time in India as people still largely stick to local language first and have Hindi as 2nd language. Parents as of now still teach and encourage local language first. However with the growing influence of Hindi, its only a matter of time when Hindi and English will be spoken by future generations.
Might take more time in India as people still largely stick to local language first and have Hindi as 2nd language. Parents as of now still teach and encourage local language first. However with the growing influence of Hindi, its only a matter of time when Hindi and English will be spoken by future generations.
Wont happen,indians take too much pride of local language.And hindi has no chance. Only chance if exists it is of english. We already communicate to other states people only in english...
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What happened to Sanskrit? Introducing it in curriculum leads to protests.
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Hindi has already destroyed languages in subaltern north india. Will be happy to see its downfall. People should have pride in their mother tongue.
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Won't happen in South India for many generations yet.
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Agreed. I completely oppose imposing of Hindi. Regional languages should be promoted.
Even if hindi dies, regional languages will stay. Native speakers (especially down south) take too much pride in it.
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It is the commoners who are saving the languages, otherwise when I ask my south indian convent educated friends about the last book they read in Tamil/Telugu..they have no answer. Keeping a language alive by reducing it to a spoken language is no good. There must be literature coming out of it. Who are the current popular Malayali writers?
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Ask anyone the name of the last book they've read and you'll get a similar answer.
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While you are right , Government has been active in this regard as well. Conferring classical language status on prominent South Indian languages is certainly a step in right direction.
Wont happen in some states of north india as well .
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Globally a primary universal or in case of countries a national language is a must so that people are not hindered in communicating and expressing themselves freely and confidently with each other. Secondary or local languages/dialects can be taught as a way of promoting ones culture and tradition.
Now what language it should be nationally I leave it for them to decide and globally we should opt for a language which is already widely spoken and easy to learn (English maybe) unlike Mandarin, Arabic etc.
Now what language it should be nationally I leave it for them to decide and globally we should opt for a language which is already widely spoken and easy to learn (English maybe) unlike Mandarin, Arabic etc.
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I can already see how many are able to understand and speak Hindi in Andhra Pradesh compared to when I was a kid.
None of my parents/Uncles/Aunts of older generation could understand or speak Hindi. They could only speak Telugu. Now in my generation, more people are able to speak. I travel to India and whenever I see the younger generation speak Hindi(when needed), I am always amazed how the tentacles of Hindi are spreading.
If in 40 years, this much change was brough upon without any effort, I can only imagine in the next 100 years. Younger generation are largely influenced byBollywood and Cable TV channels in Hindi. Now even housewives who could not speak Hindi until a couple of days ago, watch Hindi channels and can understand Hindi.
I can see the change. Though it is slow, it will gain pace with each generation.
Not in my state of punjab, any major language except dialects are not going to be destroyed anywhere soon. Only chance if exists then it has to be of english.
Languages like punjabi, marathi ,gujrati , tamil ,bengali etc are not going anywhere .
I am a lazy reader. The last book i read was "Aadu jeevitham" by Benyamin.
Understanding or learning different languages doesnt mean that your native language wud be destroyed.
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Firstly, they aren't learning Hindi in place of Telugu. They know Hindi and Telugu. What's wrong with that?
Secondly, is this just limited to Hyderabad/Vizag? Or the smaller towns and villages of Andhra Pradesh? I made the mistake of presuming - during my weekend trip to the Jog Falls - that everyone would know and speak Hindi but boy was I wrong. It was Kannada or nothing.
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Which book in Punjabi did you last read and when was that?
Dude i dnt even remember which last book i read in hindi except may be in schools. I have read last book around 4-5 months back in english named the monk who sold his ferrari....
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[MENTION=136588]CricketCartoons[/MENTION] tryna show off as if he's the next contender for Sahitya Akadami award.
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Don't be jealous. I will win one for Sanskrit.
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Just did some research on Mandarin and found out that Keenu (Kinnow) is actually a hybrid fruit. You learn something new everyday.
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Good to see my fellow Indian brothers take pride in their regional languages.
I am talking about places like Nellore, Chittoor, Tirupati, Vijayawada etc. Most in Hyderabad speak Hindi.
They are learning Telugu and Hindi. But the utility of local languages is minimal to nil once you cross the home state. Younger generation when they have kids may not teach them the local language. Even if they teach, Hindi is bombarded on all cable channels. They will pick it up easily. Its an extremely slow change. But it is happening and I can already see how the younger generation has changed compared to mine.
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Hindi is such a loserish language. North Indians should instead focus on promoting Sanskrit , the mother of all languages.
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Stories are usually fictional in nature, maybe regarding media, news or reports would be a better term.
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