Is English an official language in India?
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I think people are bit confused bitween NATIONAL and OFFICIAL language.,..\n\nNatinal language is HINDI.. and OFFICIAL language is English, as many sounth indian cities doesnt like to communicate in HINDI very much.\n\nIn that case Indian Official Language is ENGLISH. I have never seen an official letter written in Hindi, else it is coming from LOCAL NEWS PAPER OFFICE :))
906672
Humanity is people.\n English in India is very poor, when was the last time you called a computer support line? See!\nThe End.
1066764
Both forms of English come from the same place- British English. British English is what most of the world speaks if they use English (including India). American English is becoming a completley different language in its own. We keep adding so much slang and pronunciations that keep changing the language. The only real difference between American English and British English is that they have different words for things and their sentence order is different sometimes. In American English, our sentence order is correct if we put it in our forms or if we put it in the British form, which makes American English that much harder. For example. We would say "Go wake up my sister, or go wake my sister up" The British wuold say "Go knock up my sister" which we would sometimes interpret as go get my sister pregnant. It all comes down to the wording. As far as Indian English, it is really British English, except that few Indians are able to speak with the accuracy of someone who was born in an English speaking country.
519375
English was the official language until the Clinton administration changed things. Now that we are dividing our language, our culture, and our borders we are losing what it means to be a united nation. We need to make English the official language again, or we will continue to be divided and eventually we will lose our strength.
685955
'cause you think so, that English is the first popular language.\n\nIt's matter of the sharing, in this mean, most popular one would be Chinese, spoken by 17% peoples of the  population in this world. English share is 9%. And 8% of the spoken majority mainly in India, means Hindi and Urdu... Spanish is 6%.
239679
Official language is English. Other languages includes Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and Fulani.
1103643
Nowadays,evryone talks in english.\nOtherwise,eng is not the mother-tongue of the Indians,sri lankans,pakistanis,bangladeshis.\nCant say about zimbabwe and kenya.
1079904
Yes, English is our national language. "When in Rome do as the Romans do".
853164
Visha: English is an simple language grammer as spoken\nfreely were all American people has known\n http://www.howtolearnenglishgrammer.com\nor http//yahoo.englishmadesimple.com also a new  college entrance exam is requiring this course http://yahoo.introductiontoenglishlevelskills101.com
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English is considered an international language cuz it's used almost everywhere and in most countries as a second language. for instance, if you are in Japan or india, you would find it easy to communicate in English with the natives there. Also, English is quite important so one can find a good job opportunity. Without English and computer skills your success in yr career life is relatively limited. Hence, it's barely disputed that the English language is extremely significant. One more thing before i go..you said English is power, right? ok, it's power cuz it derives its strength from its really politically and economically powerful countries, such as, US and Britain.
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Yes, by making English our official language, it will speed up assimilation of the immigrants who at this time are being pandered to and enabled and encouraged to NOT learn English by having so many official documents in other languages.\n\nThe other day I got my food handlers permit.  The test was in English, Spanish, Phillipino, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Ukraine, Thai, and one or two of the languages of India. The Koreans at my table were HELPING each other with their tests.  The three Anglos, me included, worked on our tests ALONE.\n\nEnglish should be an official and common language.
264215
It is Hindi...\nEnglish is the official language.\nThere are 15 recognised languages spoken all over the country.
652772
The previous answerers are correct that English is used commonly in Hong Kong since it was a British colony till 1997.  When you said that 1 out of 25 in Hong Kong can speak English that depends on who you are dealing with, of course if you go to the local retirement centers with people over 80s.  If you are working for a multi-national company, I do not think that you will have a problem.  If you are working for an Indian company, I am sure that you will not have problem too!  It is unlikely that you are being hired by a local Chinese company, so I think that you should be fine!  As for learning the language, I think the best thing is to listen to the locals and be open about it, practice and you will learn!  Good Luck!
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I found this on the CIA's world fact book:\n\n"English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language"
1007261
English is the universal language of business.\nFrench is the universal language of diplomacy.
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Yes.  The British Council has a division which helps people all over the world to learn English.  It is an official body and highly reputable.  Click on the following, then click on "Do you want to learn English".\n\nhttp://www.britishcouncil.org\n\nThey can be contacted directly by e-mail if you need further help.
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Indian workers speak English well, and can be hired for about a third of what workers in the U.S and U.K. can be hired for. They are eager to work, and work hard.\n\nSo...better, cheaper workers...