South Asia Language Map

States and language map of India

Sitting on border line, my thought and Q for this post is: Could India be included in the Forest of the South in this article A Sword from the South?

Potential Independent States of India
LanguageTotal speakers (millions)
Hindi615
Bengali265
Urdu170
Punjabi126
Marathi95
Telugu93
Tamil81
Gujarati61
Kannada56
Odia38
Malayalam38
Assamese15
Santali7
Meitei (Manipuri)1.7
Sanskrit0.025

English Speakers in India 128,539,090 (as first and second language), from Wikipedia

From Wikipedia: Recently, the Indian government has claimed that in 2013, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal experienced [ideological] “influence” of “Left Wing Extremism”; while claiming that armed activity by the “Left Wing” extremists was noticed in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal.

Hindu Caste System; Narendra Modi belongs to the “Vaishya” Community
Pakistan Tribal and Language Map
Major Separatist Movements in Pakistan
Separatist Movements of Pakistan

My thought and Q for this post is: Could India be included in the Forest of the South in this article A Sword from the South?

~ by Joel Huan on August 26, 2022.

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