I hadn't realized Hindi -- one of the most widely-spoken languages in the world -- needed saving but in this IANS report (here at the Business Standard) some apparently are concerned:
Still, some of these folks are clearly a bit misguided -- so poet Sylvanus Lamare, who argues:
(I do also have to wonder how the speakers of India's many other languages -- Wikipedia lists four others with more than sixty million native speakers, and a total of twelve with more than ten million -- have to say about all this, too.)
Influence of English has sabotaged Hindi so much that the language is in extreme danger, says writer-poet Ashok Vajpeyi but he believes literature is the key to keep it alive.Well, if it helps get more Hindi literature in circulation, that wouldn't be all bad.
Still, some of these folks are clearly a bit misguided -- so poet Sylvanus Lamare, who argues:
If we had not copied the software in English and instead followed China and used native language to create the software in native language, we would have been a super power by now. The language won't have been obscure as it is todayYeah .....
(I do also have to wonder how the speakers of India's many other languages -- Wikipedia lists four others with more than sixty million native speakers, and a total of twelve with more than ten million -- have to say about all this, too.)