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Ministry of Tribal Affairs extends support to TRIs for carrying out various research & documentation activities including programs for documentation of tribal languages, dialects, art, culture, dance, music and development of bilingual Primers
Highlights
- It is done under the scheme of ‘Support to Tribal Research Institute (TRIs).
- TRIs are conducting documentation and preservation of endangered tribal languages through preparation of primers, dictionaries and organization of cultural programmes.
- Mother Tongue Based Multi-Lingual Education (MTBMLE), an innovative pedagogic initiative which plays a key role in preserving tribal languages is adopted in Andhra Pradesh.
- This approach bridges gap between home and school languages which enable better learning.
- The Ministry has also recently developed a digital document repository (repository.tribal.gov.in) where TRIs have now started uploading all the activities, document, research reports, publications, which is available in public domain.
Causes of language endangerment
- Among the causes of language endangerment cultural, political and economic marginalization accounts for most of the world's language endangerment.
- Cultural dominance occurs when literature and higher education is only accessible in the majority language.
Source: PIB
