Saturday, January 22, 2011

Multilingualism

Though Nepal in all its diversity is unquestionable our dominant national language the country has always had a complex multilingual history. Monolingualism that is the qability to use but a single language code is such a widely accepted norm in  so many parts of the western world that it is often assumed to be a world wide phenomen to the extent that bilingual and multilingual individuals may appear to be unusual. However in  many parts of the world an ability to speak more than one language is not at all remarkable. In fact a monolingual individual would be regarded as a misfit lacking an important skill in society the skill of being able to interact freely with the speakers of other languages with whom regular contact is made in the ordinary bussiness of living. In many parts of the world it is just a normal requirement and yet another for contact with the outside world of wider social or political organization. These various languages are usually acquired naturally and unconsciously and the shifts from one to another are made without hesitation.

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