Sadri Language of North Bengal in Crisis: A Thunderclap in Language Diversity

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Debabrata Debnath Abstract: Language is the most important communicative tool. The Sadri language is an important tool of communication among the tea labourers of North Bengal. The present study focuses on present situations of the Sadri language in Sadri affected area of North Bengal. The findings show some important issues related to the Sadri language in North Bengal, which are to be noticed that there are various developmental problems such as lack of education through this language, there are no linguistic institutions, lack of adequate literary resources, no written form of Sadri language, detachment of governmental policies in the development of Sadri language, problem of participation in decision making process through this language, etc. Key -Words: Sadri, Language, North Bengal, Development, Influence, Linguistic, Problem. Click here to print/download PDF of this research paper Introduction The Sadri language originated in southern Bihar and brought to Tarai and Dooars in North Bengal, is a modern Sanskrit rooted language. Now Sadri is the main link-language among the tea workers in North Bengal. Through this language the tea workers communicate to each other and uphold their cultural aspects. But now in presence of modernization and dominance of Bengali and Hindi, the cultural diversity of Sadri has been decreased. This report has been prepared on the basis of interview and secondary information of developmental problems of Sadri language and how to overcome it. Ob...