Comments on: The Language Barrier http://www.akrish.net/blog/2009/06/11/the-language-barrier/ Thoughts, ideas and more Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:22:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: meghana http://www.akrish.net/blog/2009/06/11/the-language-barrier/comment-page-1/#comment-174 meghana Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:17:01 +0000 http://www.akrish.net/?p=151#comment-174 wow, shay, this is an impressive article. i've read a lot about language as a political barrier, and the evidence of that is omnipresent. one example that comes to mind is india, but in a different context than you mentioned. before partition, "hindustani" was spoken in india, which was a mixture of persian and hindi/sanskrit. after partition, hindustani disintegrated into urdu and hindi - jinnah insisted that hindu traces from hindustani must be extinguished in the pakistani state, and so urdu was "persianized." similarly, hardliner hindu activists in india sought a "cleansing" of hindustani into a more sanskritic form, hindi. it's cool how real politics can be witnessed through languages and language manipulations. wow, shay, this is an impressive article. i’ve read a lot about language as a political barrier, and the evidence of that is omnipresent. one example that comes to mind is india, but in a different context than you mentioned.

before partition, “hindustani” was spoken in india, which was a mixture of persian and hindi/sanskrit. after partition, hindustani disintegrated into urdu and hindi – jinnah insisted that hindu traces from hindustani must be extinguished in the pakistani state, and so urdu was “persianized.” similarly, hardliner hindu activists in india sought a “cleansing” of hindustani into a more sanskritic form, hindi.

it’s cool how real politics can be witnessed through languages and language manipulations.

]]> By: GarykPatton http://www.akrish.net/blog/2009/06/11/the-language-barrier/comment-page-1/#comment-173 GarykPatton Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:33:13 +0000 http://www.akrish.net/?p=151#comment-173 Hello. I think the article is really interesting. I am even interested in reading more. How soon will you update your blog? Hello. I think the article is really interesting. I am even interested in reading more. How soon will you update your blog?

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