India is a land of many languages. In the constitution of India, English, Sanskrit, Assamese, Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Sindhi, Maithili, are recognised. English and Chinese are mother tongues of some people but they are foreign languages. Rajasthani and Bhojpuri are also important languages. Tribal languages are also substantial. Late Professor Suniti Kumar Chatterjee has declared that there are 15 major languages in India. India is a country where unity lies in diversity. Many languages survive together. Although language problem arises sometimes but it can be solved. Provisions of opportunities for the growth of languages of backward ethnic group must be the democratic policy of the government. According to the rights of all ethnic groups, communities and languages, the integration of India can be safely maintained. England is also a multilingual country where English, Polish, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Arabic, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Swedish are spoken. Like India, multilingualism is used for social communication, business, work, service, social cohesion in England. The paper aims to study multilingual perspectives of both the countries.
Associate Professor, Department of English, Hariram College, Mairwa, Siwan, Jai Prakash University, Chhapra (Bihar)
