India's search for link language and progress towards bilingualism

Leena Bhattacharya () and S Chandrasekhar
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Leena Bhattacharya: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India

Abstract: The three language formula (3LF) is viewed as an instrument for achieving the objective of a multilingual India. Possibly on account of lack of agreement on 3LF and politics of medium of instruction, the pace of transition towards bilingualism is glacial. This paper is a quantitative assessment of this transition. We analyse data from Census of India Language Tables for the years 1971, 2001 and 2011 and two recent NSSO surveys on education. We present estimates of probability of two individuals drawn at random being able to converse in a common language and the extent to which today's school going children and the youth are likely to be bilingual respectively.

Keywords: Bilingual; Trilingual; Link Language; India; Three Language Formula (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z1 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2020-04
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