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Language and Identity in South Asia MTA
Linguistic Histories of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal

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Language and Identity in South Asia

thoughtful -走"Language and Identity in South Asia" investigates the evolution of linguistic landscapes across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.

What You'll Find Inside:
  • Examines how colonial linguistic surveys transformed fluid speech continua into discrete 'languages' with lasting political consequences
  • Traces major language movements including the 1952 Bengali Language Movement, anti-Hindi agitations in Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka's Sinhala Only policy
  • Analyzes how scripts became political symbols (Devanagari/Nastaliq for Hindi/Urdu, Gurmukhi/Shahmukhi for Punjabi, Bangla script reforms)
  • Explores the relationship between language, education, and identity through medium of instruction debates across South Asia
  • Investigates contemporary challenges including digital language politics, mother-tongue education, and futures of multilingualism
Who's It For:

This book is essential reading for scholars and students of linguistics, South Asian studies, history, and political science who seek to understand how language shapes identity and power dynamics in the region. It will also be valuable for policymakers working on language policy, education reform, or ethnic relations in South Asian countries, as well as anyone interested in the interplay of colonialism, nationalism, and linguistic diversity in post-colonial state formation.

Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Languages Before the Nation: From Cosmopolis to Region
  • Chapter 2 Enumerating Speech: Colonial Surveys and the Making of “Languages”
  • Chapter 3 Scripts and Sovereignty: Devanagari, Nastaliq, and Bangla Type Reform
  • Chapter 4 Standardizing Hindi and Urdu: Twin Histories, Divergent Futures
  • Chapter 5 Bengal’s Tongue: Print Culture and the Road to 1952
  • Chapter 6 The 1952 Language Movement in East Pakistan: Martyrs and Memory
  • Chapter 7 Punjabi Partitioned: Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi, and the Politics of Script
  • Chapter 8 Reorganizing India: Linguistic States and the Redrawing of Maps
  • Chapter 9 Tamil Worlds: Dravidian Thought, Cinema, and Street Politics
  • Chapter 10 Sinhala Only: Language Law and Civil Conflict in Sri Lanka
  • Chapter 11 Nepali and the Nation: Unification, Multilingual Realities, and Madhesi Voices
  • Chapter 12 Language in the Classroom: Medium of Instruction Debates
  • Chapter 13 Adivasi and Indigenous Languages: Recognition, Rights, and Revival
  • Chapter 14 Urdu After Partition: Poetics, Pedagogy, and Precarity
  • Chapter 15 Marathi, Gujarati, and the City: Language, Labor, and Migration
  • Chapter 16 Telugu and Kannada: Regionalisms, Scripts, and States
  • Chapter 17 Muslim Publics and the Perso-Arabic Legacy in South Asia
  • Chapter 18 Dictionaries, Grammars, and the Authority of Experts
  • Chapter 19 Radio, Television, and Film: Mass Media as Language Factories
  • Chapter 20 Borders That Speak: Life along the Radcliffe Line and Open Frontiers
  • Chapter 21 Courts, Constitutions, and Language Rights
  • Chapter 22 Digital Scripts: Unicode, Fonts, and the New Politics of Type
  • Chapter 23 Diaspora South Asia: Heritage, Hybridity, and New Englishes
  • Chapter 24 Gender, Caste, and the Politics of Voice
  • Chapter 25 Futures of Multilingualism: Policy, Technology, and Everyday Pluralism
Author:

Deborah Cole

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Date Published:

March 6, 2026

Type:

Nonfiction

Language:

English

Word Count:

43,732 words

Reading Time:

3 hours 4 minutes

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