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To: nickcarraway
True, English and Hindi are the official languages of India -- and it has 26 other national languages and hundreds of other languages.

Barely 3 to 9% of the population can speak English out of which only about 2% can converse normally.

Even Hindi -- only about 40% to 50% know the language, the rest don't.

When I travelled around the country, in the south most didn't know Hindi. There were places were some knew broken English, but no Hindi. And there were many places where they knew neither!

27 posted on 04/17/2012 2:23:38 PM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: Cronos

I was told by an Indian that all the educated city dwellers speak english.


29 posted on 04/17/2012 2:56:26 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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