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qntm | 11 years ago

So, this person thinks there are 229 languages in India, but actually there's a minimum of 325, possibly twice that?

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rpedroso|11 years ago

I'm not an anthropological linguist, so I can't say with any authority. I only listed two figures there, but there are many more disputed figures.[1] There are a lot of difficulties classifying languages in India because the line between language and dialect can be tricky to pin down.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_India#Inventories