"Change your language and you change your thoughts."
Karl Albrecht

Beerelli Seshi, M.D.

Useful Links

India’s National Education Policy/Debate

https://www.mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/Draft_NEP_2019_EN_Revised.pdf

https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/politics/centre-revises-national-education-policy-draft-2019-after-outrage-over-hindi-imposition-revision-states-students-free-to-choose-any-language-they-want.html

https://www.mhrd.gov.in/relevant-documents

https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20190701-a-learning-revolution1552505-2019-06-21

http://www.asercentre.org/p/134.html?p=61

https://thebengalstory.com/english/hindi-was-devised-by-a-scottish-linguist-of-the-east-indiacompany-it-can-never-be-indias-national-language/

https://scroll.in/article/969356/why-is-india-obsessed-with-english-medium-education-whenit-goes-against-scientific-consensus

Hindi

http://www.chdpublication.mhrd.gov.in/english/index.php

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/hindi/guide/facts.shtml

Sanskrit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jones_(philologist)

http://www.samskritabharati.org/

Telugu

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Telugu-language

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-45902204

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_language

Urdu

https://www.rekhta.org/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/urdu/guide/facts.shtml

General

https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/

https://spraakbanken.gu.se/blogg/index.php/2020/09/01/griersons-linguistic-survey-of-india-as-open-access-digital-data-resource-for-studying-languages-of-south-asia/

https://www.thebetterindia.com/45907/indian-languages-hindi-bengali-sanskrit-dravidiankannada-malayalam-tamil-telugu-urdu/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_India

https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/how-many-languages-are-there-world

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/

https://www.ethnologue.com/browse/names

Note Added in Proof

I wish to acknowledge that the following YouTube links have been identified just prior to the launch, at proof stage, of this project. I may have conducted countless Google searches using search terms like "multilanguaging", "multilingual", "plurilingual" etc. at various points of time during past 18 months since the initiation of this project in March 2019. Although it says that the videos were uploaded in June/July 2018, they never showed up in my searches before, nor do they show up now. I do not know how I even found them, but I did. Sub-searching one search output item might have led me to another and another. In any event, these delightful examples, I believe, strengthen the spirit of my argument advocated and developed here.

Multilanguaging at Small World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIqZElAR12k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAi3b1fKINM

Considering the shortcomings of searching as outlined above, I wish to further add that every attempt has been made to search for and mention earlier relevant work related to multilanguaging. I apologize in advance if I have missed any – this is not deliberate, and I would be most grateful to know about such efforts so that the information on this webpage can be appropriately updated. My thanks in anticipation to all those who would be kind enough to provide such information.

Note Added Immediately after Publication of the Press Release

https://www.prdistribution.com/news/how-to-learn-five-languages-simultaneously.html

This Press Release, entitled "How to Learn Five Languages Simultaneously?" was published on March 22, 2021. As I queried the PR distribution report received involving Bing, I was both surprised and excited to know that there exists a plethora of prior attempts at simultaneous learning of multiple languages. A sample of them is listed as follows:

https://www.optilingo.com/blog/general/9-simple-strategies-learn-multiple-languages-simultaneously/

https://www.rypeapp.com/blog/12-killer-tips-for-learning-multiple-languages-at-once

https://learnanylanguage.fandom.com/wiki/How_to_learn_languages_simultaneously

https://polyglotclub.com/help/language-learning-tips/learn-several-languages-how

https://blogs.transparent.com/language-news/2014/10/29/7-tips-for-learning-multiple-languages-simultaneously/

The common denominator of these prior attempts involves advice for developing good general habits (e.g. sheer motivation, passion, perseverance, discipline, etc.) as the principal requirement for learning multiple languages, which habits are needed for any learning for that matter. While I applaud these endeavors, I was unable to recognize any specific methodology being used in them. In contrast, the multi-language learning methodology used by my innovative program is unique, based on my search of the literature. It involves learning in structured formats, stand-alone, sentence-by-sentence, sentence-by-sentence in five languages (or in seven languages as the case may be) and word-by-word in five languages (or in seven languages as the case may be). These are specific learning tools. Together, they will allow the students to immediately discern the similarities and differences among multiple languages in terms of morphosyntax and etymology. Such a visually correlated system of teaching, I believe, is cognitively empowering and helps students learn to manage language interference or clash with ease and satisfaction. One of the primary objectives of my proposed program as stated on the website is "to promote teaching and learning multiple languages correlatively, simultaneously, effectively and enjoyably."