Language Friendship Bridge Project

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About Language Friendship Bridge Project:

India is planning to create a pool of experts in languages spoken in countries like Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan and Indonesia to facilitate better people-to-people exchanges.
It plans to train five to 10 people in the official languages of each of these countries.
As of now, the ICCR has zeroed in on 10 languages: Kazakh, Uzbek, Bhutanese, Ghoti (spoken in Tibet), Burmese, Khmer (spoken in Cambodia), Thai, Sinhalese and Bahasa (spoken in both Indonesia and Malaysia).

Key facts about the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) was founded in 1950 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
Objectives
- To actively participate in the formulation and implementation of policies and programmes pertaining to India’s external cultural relations.
- To foster and strengthen cultural relations and mutual understanding between India and other countries
- To promote cultural exchanges with other countries and people, and to develop relations with nations.

Q1) What is a language?

It is a complex system of communication that enables humans to convey ideas, thoughts, and emotions through a set of symbols and rules. It is a structured system of sounds, words, and grammar that allows people to communicate with each other and express themselves.

Source: India to bridge language gap with neighbours