Kurukh language given official status by West Bengal Government

Kurukh, listed as an endangered language by the UNESCO, got a new lease of life in West Bengal on 21^st February. It is spoken by the Oraon tribal community. "What occasion can be better than the International Mother Language Day to give recognition to the language?" Hon’ble Chief Minister of Bengal Mamata Banerjee said that efforts would be made to establish a script of the Rajbangshi/Kamtapuri language soon.

The chief minister lamented the apathy among a section of people in the state in learning or speaking Bengali.

"We forget to talk in Bengali sometimes. We will learn all languages, but why not Bengali also? In English-medium schools, English has to be taught, but Bengali should be learnt also," she observed.