Multilingualism, Multiculturalism and Education: Case Study of Mumbai City
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India is said to be a socio-linguistic giant and the nerve system of this giant is multilingualism. “Indian multilingualism is huge in size, having 1620 mother tongues reduced to 200 languages.... With the population of many of minorities larger than European countries”(Annamalai E. 2001) . This multilingual character of India is represented by Mumbai City, the industrial capital of India, where people from all over come and settle down. In Mumbai every child is exposed to at least four languages right from its infancy. India is not only multilingual but multicultural too, having multiple religions, castes, sects, professions and lifestyles.
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