Fit_Access9631 t1_irwm1ey wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:16 PM

Reply to comment by aalizznotwell in TIL according to the Census of India of 2001, India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages by Sistermateriial

It’s not? Then what is linguistic nationalism? If Bengalis being killed to make Assamese a dominant language or Bengalis dying to get their language recognised as official language is not? Or Tamils burning themselves to death to protest Hindi imposition?

aalizznotwell t1_irwq2ca wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:42 PM

When Tamils ask for a independence because of language, that is linguistic nationalism. And currently it is nearly non-existent

Fit_Access9631 t1_irx6k2e wrote on October 11, 2022 at 6:28 PM

What about Assamese, Manipuris and Nagaland which seeks independence? The Naga insurgency is still strong

aalizznotwell t1_irxjz4u wrote on October 11, 2022 at 7:53 PM

It's about ethno nationalism, language was never a motive or a primary motive

Fit_Access9631 t1_irz5lio wrote on October 12, 2022 at 2:59 AM

By that logic linguistic nationalism doesn’t exist in this universe. Tell me one case where language is not associated with ethno-nationalism.

aalizznotwell t1_irzg08n wrote on October 12, 2022 at 4:38 AM

Pakistan

Fit_Access9631 t1_irzs2ac wrote on October 12, 2022 at 7:06 AM

And what about Pakistan?

iamawesome001 t1_iuiybdy wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:02 PM

Literally got divided to pakistan and bangladesh in 1971 because of different in languages (Urdu and Bengali)