Hindi not competitor but friend of all regional languages: Amit Shah
The Hindu
Amit Shah observed that unless the Hindi language becomes flexible, it cannot grow
Hindi language is not a competitor but a "friend" of all the other regional languages in the country and they are mutually dependent on each other for their growth, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on September 14.
He denounced the "disinformation" campaign to pit Hindi against native languages and underlined the need to strengthen local languages with Hindi.
Addressing the All India Official Language Conference in Surat city on Hindi Day, Mr. Shah said that accepting the co-existence of languages was needed and stressed the need to make Hindi flexible by taking words from other languages to expand its dictionary.
Mr. Shah observed that unless the Hindi language becomes flexible, it cannot grow.
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"I want to make one thing very clear. Some people are spreading disinformation that Hindi and Gujarati, Hindi and Tamil, Hindi and Marathi are competitors. Hindi cannot be a competitor to any other language in the country. You must understand that Hindi is the friend of all the languages of the country," Mr. Shah said.
He said native languages in the country will prosper only when Hindi prospers, and vice versa.
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