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| India is a land of variety,
and full of linguistic communities, each of which share
a common language and culture. Though there could be
fifteen principal languages there are hundreds of thousands
dialects that add to the vividness of the country. Of
these, the two major languages are English and Hindi |
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18 languages
are officially recognized in India of which Sanskrit
and Tamil share a long history of more than 5,000 and
3,000 years respectively. The population of people speaking
each language varies drastically. For example Hindi
has 250 million speakers, while Andamanese is spoken
by relatively fewer people.
The tribal or Aboriginal language speaking population
in India may be more than some of the European languages.
For instance Bhili and Santali both tribal languages
have more than 4 million speakers. The vividness can
be ascertained by the fact that schools in India teach
more than 50 different languages; there are Films in
15 languages, Newspapers in 90 or more languages and
radio programmes in 71 languages!
Indian languages come from four distinct families, which
are: Indo-European, Dravidian, Mon-Khmer, and Sino-Tibetan.
The majority of the Indian population uses Indo-European
and Dravidian languages. The language families divide
India geographically too.
Indo-European languages dominate Northern and Central
India, while in the South mainly languages of Dravidian
origin are spoken. In Eastern India languages of Mon-Khmer
group is popular. Sino Tibetan languages are spoken
in the northern Himalayas and close to Burmese border.
In terms of percentage, 75% of Indian population speaks
languages of Indo-European family, 23% speak languages
of Dravidian origin and about 2% of the population speaks
Mon-Khmer languages and Sino-Tibetan languages. |
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• Courses available at many Universities and Colleges
throughout the Indian subcontinent. Types of courses
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• Bachelor and Masters Degrees
• Some Scholarships available
• University Foundation Year
• Delivery in Hindi or English
• Employability programs and Work Placements for
post-graduates
• Vocational Study, Exchange Schemes and Industrial
Placements. These are usually for students, but Excel
also offer schemes for Teachers and Local Government
Officials
• English and Indian Languages Summer Schools
- choice of many locations and options
• Short intensive course for basic conversation,
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• 3-Month to 1-Year courses
• Sight-seeing with local Guides
• Business Support Packages, including: Meet &
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