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Do Indian people feel angry that English is so widely spoken in their country?
OK, I've never been to India.
In school I studied about the history of British colonialism in India.
One of the things left over from the British occupation was the English language.
Even though Hindi is the dominant language, English is also widely spoken in India today.
Do the Indian people feel resentful when hearing English being spoken in their country. Like it was forced upon them by an oppressor.
I know that French Canadians feel resentful and sometimes angry when English is spoken in their midst.
English is only spoken by 10% of the Indian population as a second or third language, not as a first language. So I wouldn't say it is widely spoken.
Percentage wise, India is has a lot less speakers of English than a lot of countries who weren't even colonized by the British.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population
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But most view it as a connection for globilization and furthering their economy.
As you might have noticed a lot of jobs are being outsourced there and they wouldn't have recieved those jobs without English.
India has a lot of language, Hindi and English both serves as link languages for people who know different languages.
Most know 2-3 languages- State language, Hindi, and and English.
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Most don't dislike it, because English is being forced on the entire world not just India if you think about it.
They wouldn't feel resentful because usually the only time you will hear people speaking English in India is if one person speaks only say Hindi and English and the other guy speaks Tamil and English so they in order to communicate they have to speak English.
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Actually 40% of Indians have Hindi as a mother tongue. Also, 30% have it as a second or third language.
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