Lok Sabha Question No. 4212 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Endangered languages
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4212 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## Endangered languages

## 4212. SHRI UTTAM KUMAR REDDY NALAMADA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the steps taken by the Government to ensure the preservation of endangered languages;

(b) whether the Government is taking any steps to provide education in these languages for the Communities;

(c) the details of languages currently being documented under the scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages (SPPEL) including number of speakers of each language;

(d) whether the Government has any plans to increase the number of languages being documented under the scheme and if so, the details thereof; and (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) to (e): The policy of the Government is to promote all Indian Languages including endangered languages. The Government of India has initiated a Scheme known as 'Scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages of India' (SPPEL). Under this Scheme, the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore works on protection, preservation and documentation of all the mother tongues/languages of India spoken by less than 10,000 people which are called endangered languages. In the first phase of the scheme, 117 endangered languages/mother tongues have been chosen from all over India for

study and documentation on a priority basis. Details of the languages is given in Annexure. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has also initiated two schemes for protection of endangered languages, namely 'Funding Support to the State Universities for Study and Research in Indigenous and Endangered languages in India' and 'Establishment of Centres for Endangered Languages in Central Universities'.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4212 ASKED BY SHRI UTTAM KUMAR REDDY NALAMADA, HON'BLE M.P FOR 22.03.2021 REGARDING ENDANGERED LANGUAGES

|   S. No. | Name of Language/Mother Tongue   |   S. No. | Name of Language/Mother Tongue   |   S. No. | Name of Language/Mother Tongue   |
|----------|----------------------------------|----------|----------------------------------|----------|----------------------------------|
|        1 | LAMONGSE                         |       40 | MARA                             |       79 | KHANA                            |
|        2 | LURO                             |       41 | AIMOL                            |       80 | BHADRALIAM                       |
|        3 | MUOT                             |       42 | ATONG                            |       81 | KHASHA                           |
|        4 | ONGE                             |       43 | GURUNG                           |       82 | MESHABI                          |
|        5 | PU                               |       44 | KHAMBA                           |       83 | PADDARI                          |
|        6 | SANENYO                          |       45 | DIRANG MONPA                     |       84 | TEHGUL                           |
|        7 | SENTILESE                        |       46 | KHAMPTI                          |       85 | GOJAPURI                         |
|        8 | SHOMPEN                          |       47 | PURUM                            |       86 | HASSADI                          |
|        9 | TAKAHANYILANG                    |       48 | UCHAI                            |       87 | BALASTIN                         |
|       10 | THARUA                           |       49 | NEWARI                           |       88 | BATERI                           |
|       11 | BHUNJIA                          |       50 | BAWM                             |       89 | DARGARI                          |
|       12 | BODO GADABA/ GUTOB               |       51 | RALTE                            |       90 | KUSHWAHI                         |
|       13 | DHIMAL                           |       52 | THAPA                            |       91 | MASIDI                           |
|       14 | MRU                              |       53 | BAGI                             |       92 | SIAN                             |
|       15 | MANDA                            |       54 | CHINZ / ZYPHE                    |       93 | MANNAN                           |
|       16 | BIRHOR                           |       55 | CHOTHE                           |       94 | KANIKER GOTTI                    |
|       17 | HOLIYA                           |       56 | KAGATE                           |       95 | PULIYA                           |
|       18 | BINJHIA/BIRJIA/BRIJIA            |       57 | KAMI / KHAMI                     |       96 | SIDDI                            |
|       19 | TOTO                             |       58 | KOIRENG                          |       97 | KADAR                            |
|       20 | DIDAYI / GATA                    |       59 | KONGBO                           |       98 | MOOPAN                           |
|       21 | GORUM                            |       60 | LAMGANG                          |       99 | MUDUGA                           |
|       22 | THOTI                            |       61 | MOYON                            |      100 | SOLIGA                           |
|       23 | BONDO                            |       62 | MUKHIYA/ SUNUWAR                 |      101 | HAKKIPIKKI                       |
|       24 | PARENGA                          |       63 | NEWAR / PRADHAN                  |      102 | MALAIMALASAR                     |
|       25 | NAA                              |       64 | PUROIK / SULUNG                  |      103 | ARANDAN                          |
|       26 | TANGAM                           |       65 | TARAO                            |      104 | KUTIYA                           |
|       27 | KHAMIYANG                        |       66 | YOBIN/YOBIN LIJU                 |      105 | URALI                            |
|       28 | SINGPHO                          |       67 | ZAKHRING                         |      106 | MUDUVAN                          |
|       29 | SHERDUKPEN                       |       68 | JANGSHUNG                        |      107 | PALIYA                           |
|       30 | MEYOR /ZAKHRING                  |       69 | GAHRI                            |      108 | MALAYAN                          |
|       31 | RANGLONG                         |       70 | SPITI                            |      109 | MALASAR                          |
|       32 | BAITE/ BIATE                     |       71 | CHINALI                          |      110 | JENU KURUMBA                     |
|       33 | BANGRO                           |       72 | DARMIYA                          |      111 | TODA                             |
|       34 | CHIRU                            |       73 | JAD                              |      112 | ERAVALLAN                        |
|       35 | DARLONG                          |       74 | KANASHI / MALANI                 |      113 | BHARWAD/BHARWADI                 |
|       36 | LIJU                             |       75 | JANGALI/ RAJI                    |      114 | BARADI                           |
|       37 | PHAKIAL                          |       76 | RONGPO                           |      115 | NIHALI                           |
|       38 | KOMKAR                           |       77 | SIRAM                            |      116 | BHALA                            |
|       39 | SIMONG                           |       78 | BEDA                             |      117 | Divehi                           |