[Assam] Losing the Language - Irish to English

[Ram Sarangapani]

Barua,

>Interesting. Compared to that Assamese are fortunate that I don't think
>there is any concern for losing the Assamese language although many >people
are worried for nothing.

That itself is an interesting statement.
The problem is comparing Gaelic (in this case) and the Irish being
non-challant of their language to the concerns of the Assamese.
Why do you think some Assamese are worried for nothing?

The Irish have had problems with their religious denomiations
(Catholoc-Protestant, Northern Ireland/IRA etc, etc) - compared to that the
Assamese have had very *few problems* with regards to religions.
Both Assamese Hindus and Muslims have gotten along very well for a very long
time.

The Assamese are and should be rightly concerned with the changing landscape
whereby illegal Bangladeshis are coming in hordes, and more *importantly
speak a different language*.

>From all practical indications it does seem that the Assamese language will
face huge challenges, to say the least. It is very simple, if only a small
minority speak a language, it will cease to exist

I think it is a major problem facing Assam and I am not sure if any Assamese
can or should be magnanimous as to not be worried about losing the language.

--Ram






On 3/2/08, Rajen & Ajanta Barua <barua25 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Umesh:
> Interesting. Compared to that Assamese are fortunate that I don't think
> there is any concern for losing the Assamese language although many people
> are worried for nothing.
> BTW is there some predictions which are the languages that will be lost
> during next 50 or 100 years.?
> Rajenda
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "umesh sharma" <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>
> To: <assam at assamnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:23 PM
> Subject: [Assam] Losing the Language - Irish to English
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just met an Irish singer from Dublin and was surprised to learn that
> he
> > couldn't speak Irish (Gaelic) since as he said " In Ireland it is easier
> > to find Chinese speaking persons than Irish/Gaelic speaking people."
> This
> > is despite that fact that Irish is compulsory is schools - for 16 years
> of
> > schooling.
> >
> > He told me that Scotland has its own version called Scot-Gaelic but it
> too
> > is losing ground to English  - only 50,000 speakers though 5 million
> > Scots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language
> >
> > Surprisingly he said there is no revolt or bad feeling that Irish has
> been
> > taken over by English - depsite IRA violence in Northen Ireland (and
> rest
> > of UK) till recent times
> >
> > Umesh
> >
> > PS:: We are delighted that Luke Slott will be back at Tiny Planet to
> warm
> > the room with his radiant spirit and music.  This time Luke will be
> > singing some of his original songs with piano and guitar.
> >
> >
> > Umesh Sharma
> >
> > Washington D.C.
> >
> > 1-202-215-4328 [Cell]
> >
> > Ed.M. - International Education Policy
> > Harvard Graduate School of Education,
> > Harvard University,
> > Class of 2005
> >
> > http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)
> >
> > http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > www.gse.harvard.edu/iep  (where the above 2 are used )
> > http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/
> >
> >
> >
> > http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
> >
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