Language As A Mechanism To Identity And Ethnicity Among Oraon Tea Tribe Of Assam

Abstract

Language is a crucial instrument of identity affirmation and plays an important role in shaping politics of multilingual states like Assam. In recent times it has been observed that dominant group of a particular state has sought to use language to assert its cultural and political hegemony over smaller group. With advents of time the smaller group have organized movement for recognition of their language and linguistic identity and ethnicity