NEW DELHI: For the protection of the dialects, the Government has initiated a scheme known as ”Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages of India (SPPEL), the Lok Sabha was informed today.
The scheme is being implemented by Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Mahendra Nath Pandey said in a written reply in the House.
This scheme aims at protection, preservation and documentation of all the mother tongues/languages of the country which are spoken by less than 10,000 people. ”Dialects being part of a language are covered under this programme,” the Minister said.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has a scheme for ” Establishment of Centres for Endangered languages” under which centres were approved in respect of nine Central Universities.
Further, the UGC has been implementing a scheme namely ”Funding support to the State Universities for study and research in indigenous and endangered language in India” under which seven Universities were approved for grants.
In addition, a collaborative project between Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda and BHASA, a Non-Governmental Organisation working for Promotion and Preservation of Indigenous and Endangered languages was approved by UGC. (AGENCIES)
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