“Indian dialects and languages are vehicles that carry Indian tradition. We will pass a resolution to this effect and RSS volunteers throughout India will endeavour to promote these dialects as also languages — with their folklore, prayers, stories, etc. We must save our dialects and languages,” said RSS joint general secretary Krishna Gopal. While a language has a script and systematic literature, dialects are spoken tongues that generally do not have separate scripts. At present, there are 22 officially recognised Indian languages but the number of dialects is far more.

Source: The Hindu March 09, 2018 16:41 UTC