Multilingualism in Sikkim: An overview

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of multilingual scenario in Sikkim, one of the smallest states of India. Sikkim is as rich as other Indian states in its linguistic diversity. More than sixteen languages from the Indo-European and Tibeto-Burman families are spoken here. The study reveals that about 80 percent of the total populations are multilingual in the state. The existence of multilingualism in Sikkim can be categorized as societal multilingualism