El nacionalismo lingüístico, como en sus otras variedades, puede resultar muy atractivo emocionalmente pero nunca es gratis. Muy interesante paralelo entre la situación del francés en Canadá y el kannada en Karnataka:
You’ve probably never heard of Kannada – the native language spoken by 7 out of 10 Karnatakans. You’ve probably never heard of Karnataka either. But there’s a good chance you’ll chat with a Karnatakan if your iPod ever locks up or you have trouble installing the new Windows Vista operating system.
That’s because Karnataka is the Indian state whose capital city, Bangalore, is "the back office to the world." Bangalore is awash in call centers for Western companies such as Apple and Microsoft, boasts over 200 high tech companies of its own, and is reported to enjoy the highest number of engineering colleges of any city on Earth.
But if an Indian court doesn’t step in soon, the out-sourcing capital of the world may put itself out of work.
As of this April, the government of Karnataka will force 2,000 private elementary schools – enrolling nearly 300,000 students – to shut down. Their crime? Teaching in English instead of Kannada.
Que kannada!!
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