Highlighting the critical State of some languages, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday emphasised that preservation of languages is key to protecting cultural traditions.
Citing a UN report that one language in the world becomes extinct every two weeks, Naidu expressed concern that 196 Indian languages are currently endangered.
He called for concerted action to reverse this trend and hoped that all Indians would unite and move forward to preserve the country's languages. "Language is the lifeline of any culture.While language strengthens culture, culture strengthens society," he said.
Naidu was virtually addressing, from Hyderabad, the first anniversary celebrations of 'Antharjatiya Samskruthika Sammelanam-2021', hosted by Sri Samskruthika Kalasaradhi, a cultural organisation in Singapore.