{"id":32090,"date":"2023-07-03T10:26:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T15:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=32090"},"modified":"2023-07-04T11:04:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T16:04:34","slug":"hindi-language-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/hindi-language-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching of Hindi as Second Language in Schools; Biden Receives Proposal from Indian American Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over 10 lakh members of the fast-growing Indian Diaspora (4.5 million) in America speak Hindi for everyday communication, thereby making it the first most spoken Indian language in the US<\/strong>. Telugu is the second most spoken language in Indian-origin households across America, having pushed Gujarati to the third position among the top 10 Indian languages spoken in the United States. Many universities including Stanford in California, New York, Michigan, Texas, Illinois, Washington, Atlanta and other US states offer Hindi language programs.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy not Hindi being taught as a second language at the school level in the US that we call home away from home?\u201d This question continues to be raised by tens of thousands of Indian-origin families running a decade-long campaign for the teaching of Hindi as a second language from the elementary school level. The demand for their linguistic inclusion into the US education system is nearly as old as the campaign for the festival of Diwali to be declared a public school holiday in America.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n