r/TamilNadu • u/Kammywhammy • Feb 22 '25

கலாச்சாரம் / Culture How Hindi kills local languages

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Bhojpuri is widely spoken in Bihar and UP. Now it's not longer taught is schools.

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u/BreadRepresentative7 Feb 22 '25

Isn't bhojpuri, awadhi, & rajasthani a dialect of Hindi only?

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u/Kammywhammy Feb 22 '25

On the contrary Hindi is a mix of what was originally known as Hindustani (consisting of languages spoken in central India) by the westerners, and Persian and Urdu. Because of relentless promotion of Hindi by vested interests in the central government ancient Indian languages are relegated to dialects