Dangers of Global Language
Could anything stop a global language?
Written by-Cheena Magar
There were for the most part people who were pleased that the report had engaged the central issue of global community, but they took us to task for not going on – in as they thought in a logical way- to call for world language. They could not see how the global neighbourhood, the global community, which they acknowledge had come into being, could function effectively without a world language. A neighbourhood that can only talk in the tongues of many was not a Neighbourhood that was likely to be cohesive or, even cooperative.. and they were right in one respect; but they were wrong in the sense that we have a world language.
Strong political statement of this kind immediately prompt the question ‘could anything stop a language, once it achieve a global status?’ The short answer must be ‘YES’. If language dominance is a matter of political and especially economic influence, then a revolution in the balance of global power could have consequences for the choice of global language. There is no shortage of books- chiefly within the genre of science fiction- which foresee a future in which, following some cataclysmic scenario, the universal language is Chinese, Arabic or even some Alien tongue. But end up with such a scenario, the revolution would indeed have to be cataclysmic, and it is difficult to speculate sensibly about what this might be. Smaller- scal revolution in the world order would be unlikely to have much effect, given that- as we shall see in later chapter- English is now so widely established that it can no longer be thought of as ‘owned’ by any single nation.
A rather more plausible scenario is that an alternative method of communication could emerge which would eliminate method of global language. This way people communicate using their own language with a computer translating. In 20-50 years the speed and accuracy of these machines will be improved, but it will take longer because they become globally widespread and economically accessible. During this period of time the position of English as a global language is going to become stronger and stronger.
Electricity in Nepal
Condition of Trade in Nepal (2017)
- Nepal export to India worth US$ 420 million, with a partner share of 56.72 percent.
- Nepal exports to US worth US$ 83 million, with a partner share of 11.15 percent.
- Nepal exports to Turkey worth US$ 48 million, with a partner share of 6.42 percent.
- Nepal exports to Germany worth US$ 29 million, with a partner share of 3.93 percent.
- Nepal exports to UK worth US$ 25 million, with a partner share of 3.42 percent.
- Nepal Imports from India worth US$ 6,520 million, with a partner share of 64.95 percent.
- Nepal imports from China worth US$ 1,267 million, with a partner share of 12.63 percent.
- Nepal imports from Unspecified worth US$ 207 million, with a partner share of 2.06 percent.
- Nepal imports from UAE worth US$ 175 million, with a partner share of 1.74 percent.
- Nepal imports from France worth US$ 155 million, with a partner share of 1.55 percent.
- Nepal exported Carpets and other textile floor coverings, of w , worth US$ 66,224.29 thousands.
- Nepal exported Cardamoms , worth US$ 43,525.00 thousands.
- Nepal exported Yarn, <85% polyester staple fibres, with artifi , worth US$ 40,008.18 thousands.
- Nepal exported Mixtures of juices, unfermented, not containing , worth US$ 31,377.19 thousands.
- Nepal exported Woven fabrics obtained from synthetic strip or , worth US$ 29,569.54 thousands.
- Nepal imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 1,098,973.34 thousands.
- Nepal imported Semi-fin prod, iron or non-alloy steel, cntg by , worth US$ 468,393.52 thousands.
- Nepal imported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth US$ 261,993.75 thousands.
- Nepal imported Cement clinkers , worth US$ 253,956.92 thousands.
- Nepal imported Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons, , worth US$ 231,877.25 thousands.
Product Groups Exports (in $ million) Imports (in $ million) Raw Materials 44 945 Intermediate Goods 273 3497 Consumer Goods 409 3259 Capital Goods 14 2299
Year Number of Import Partners Number of Products Imported Number of Export Partners Number of Products Exported 1998 73 256 58 120 2003 95 4167 78 1086 2010 146 4022 146 1088 2014 153 4134 128 1151 2017 147 4146 124 1093
Migration in Nepal
Internal
Migration in Nepal:
a. Waves
of Migration in Nepal
i.First
Wave: It was present during Prithivi Narayan Shah and his successor until 18th
Century. Migration was mainly due to the Jhara labor in which youths were used
for different purposes such as transport of military and other supplies,
construction of temples, palaces, bridges, forts, etc. Jhara labor was kind of
forced labor required to leave their villages to provide services in distant
culture.
ii.Second
Wave: The second wave of internal migration emerged in the mid-50s with the
implementation of the state sponsored resettlement programme of hill people to
Tarai. The main objective of the resettlement programme was land colonisation
of Tarai and increase agricultural production. Launched by Rapti Valley
Development Project (RVDP) and Nepal Resettlement Company (NRC), the
resettlement programme continued until the late 80s in Chitwan and Nawalparasi.
Under the RVDP, 5,233 households were settled in Rapti Valley of Chitwan. In
addition, an estimated 7,000 families settled spontaneously each year in the
Tarai region. NRC settled 1,504 families in Nawalparasi and there were more
than 10,000 spontaneous settlements.
iii.
Third Wave: It emerged during advent of
democracy in 1951 with socio-economic transformation of the country. Nepal
witnessed a rapid increase in the volume of internal migrants because of the
expansion of employment opportunities in informal sectors.
b. Inter-District
Migrants
Year |
Inter District
migrants (as Percentage) |
1961 |
4.7% |
1971 |
- |
1981 |
8.6% |
1991 |
9.6% |
2001 |
13.2% |
2011 |
14.8% |
d. Migration by Place of Residence:
Place of
Residence |
Percentage of
Migrants |
Rural-Urban |
33.5% |
Urban-Urban |
4.5% |
Rural-Rural |
59.2% |
Urban-Rural |
2.9% |
International Migration in Nepal
a. Absentee Population
Year |
Total (in
percentage) |
Male (in
Percentage) |
Female (in
Percentage) |
1981 |
2.6% |
81.3% |
18.5% |
1991 |
3.4% |
83.2% |
16.8% |
2001 |
3.2% |
89.2% |
10.8% |
2011 |
7.3% |
87.6% |
12.4% |
b.Percentage of Migrants to Destination Countries
Year |
To India |
To Other
Countries |
1981 |
93.1% |
6.9% |
1991 |
89.2% |
12.8% |
2001 |
77.3% |
22.7% |
2011 |
37.6% |
61.4% |
b. Emigration
Rate in Nepal=10.77 per thousand people
c. Immigration
Rate in Nepal=0.46 per thousand people
d. Gross
Migration Rate in Nepal= 11.23 per thousand people
e. Net
Migration Rate in Nepal= -10.32 per thousand people