Hundreds of Indian Languages Struggle to Survive
Kukna, Panchmahali and Rathvi are just three of more than a dozen languages that are currently being taught at the Adivasi Academy, a school that was set up to create a unique educational environment for the study or tribal communities in an attempt to preserve some of India’s most endangered languages. According to a 2001 census, the 1.16 billion people living in India speak more than 6,500 languages and dialects, with almost 200 of them seriously endangered. 
Jeetendra Vasava, one of the teachers at the Adivasi Academy, believes “If younger generations don’t learn these languages, they will be forgotten. Without education in the next 30 years, the current speakers will get old and these languages will die out.” The Adivasi Academy, located in Western India, trains approximately 40 students a year to become cultural activists in native tongues.
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