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What are the positive practical (social and economic) implications of categorizing English as an indigenous language? Any negative practical implications?
by andsoitis 4mo ago
What are the positive practical (social and economic) implications of categorizing English as an indigenous language?
Any negative practical implications?
- deleted 4mo ago[deleted]
- nephihaha 4mo agoMost Indian English speakers have it as a second language, but one group would benefit and they are the Anglo-Indians. They are a Eurasian minority, so partly indigenous and have suffered some persecution. English is the native language of many of these people as well as a lingua franca. There are a number of decent Anglophone Indian writers and a considerable body of literature now. Some of it is extremely Indian, so it has effectively outgrown its colonial role.