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One Country, Hundreds of Tongues: How India Became the World’s Most Linguistically Powerful Nation, Trivia on Mother Tongue Day

From Sanskrit to Street Slang: How India Became the World’s Most Linguistically Powerful Nation Travel 200 kilometres in India and you may hear a completely new language. Travel another 100, and even the script might change. Yet somehow, the country functions, thrives, debates, sings, negotiates, and celebrates together. How did one nation become home to hundreds of languages and turn that diversity into power? Let’s explore. A Civilization Built on Language India’s linguistic diversity is not new. It dates back thousands of years. Ancient languages like Sanskrit shaped philosophy, science, literature, and governance. Prakrit and Pali carried teachings across regions. Tamil developed a classical literary tradition that continues to flourish. Over centuries, migration, trade, invasions, and cultural exchanges layered new languages onto the Indian subcontinent. Persian influenced courtly vocabulary. Arabic shaped coastal trade dialects. Portuguese left words in Konkani and Marathi. English arrived during colonial rule and stayed on as ...

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