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PowerLanguage Index(May 2016) Kai L. Chan,PhD HINDI PLIrank: 9 PLIscore:0.117 Languagefamily:Indo-Aryan Geographic coverage:SouthAsia IND# 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 HINDI PLI rank: 10 PLI score: 0.117 Language family: Indo-Aryan Geographic coverage: South Asia INDICATOR GEOGRAPHY Countriesspoken Landarea(mnkm2) Tourists-in(mn) EXPERT OPINION VALUE 1.5 3,297 7.3 IND# 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 ECONOMY PPPGDP(Int$BN) PPPGDP/cap(Int$) Exports($BN) FXmktshare(%) SDRcomposition(%) 7,415 5,766 330 1.0 0.0 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 COMMUNICATION Nativespeakers(mn) L2speakers(mn) Familysize(mn) Tourists-out(mn) 310 120 122 18.4 OPP# 1 2 3 4 5 INDICATOR KNOWLEDGE&MEDIA Internetcontent(%) Featurefilms Top-500universities Academicjournals DIPLOMACY IMF(indicator) UN(indicator) WB(indicator) Indexof10SNOs OPPORTUNIY OPPORTUNITY Geography Economy Communication Knowledge& media Diplomacy VALUE 0.0 1,255 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 RANK 13 16 8 2 10 Power Language Index (May 2016) Kai L. Chan, PhD KAZAKH PLI rank: 0.033 PLI score: 34 Language family: Turkic Hindi is thedominantlanguage of India, butIndia is alsohometohundredsofotherlanguages. This has Geographic coverage: Kazakhstan given risetoasituationwhereby theinfluenceofHindi has beenlimited as thegovernmentof India needs IND # INDICATOR VALUE Indeed,IND # punches INDICATOR VALUE toplacatetheconcernsofcompetinglanguages. Hindi wellbelowits 1 GEOGRAPHY 4 KNOWLEDGE & MEDIA weight(incontrasttoFrench) relativetoitsnumber of nativespeakers(310million). KAZAKH PLI rank: 34 PLI score: 0.033 Language family: Turkic Geographic coverage: Kazakhstan 1.1 Countries spoken 1.0 4.1 Internet content (%) 0.0 2.4 2.5 FX mkt share (%) SDR composition (%) 0.0 5.3 0.0 Kai L. Chan,PhD 5.4 WB (indicator) Index of 10 SNOs 0 0.0 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 COMMUNICATION OPP # OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNIY E: [email protected] W: www.KaiLChan.ca M:+971(0)50358-5317 Native speak ers (mn) 11 1 Geography L2 speakers (mn) 0 2 Economy Family size (mn) 151 3 Communication Tourists-out (mn) 10.2 4 Knowledge & media 5 Diplomacy 1.2 Land area (mnIndia km2)havelimited 2.7theability of thecountrytopromoteits 4.2 Feature films Thelanguagepoliticsof mostprolific 12 1.3 Tourists-in (mn) 4.9 thevarious 4.3 Top-500 universities 0 nativelanguage. Indeed,competitionacross linguistic factions in India(andthehistoryof Academic journals 0 English colonialism)hashelped spur theriseof Englishin4.4 India (andglobally). Withnointernalpush 2 ECONOMY fromIndia topromotetheuse ofHindi, eitherwithinthecountryor internationally,thelanguage remains 2.1 PPP GDP (Int$BN) 420 5 DIPLOMACY lowontheinternational radar inspiteof itbeingthedominantlanguageof theworld’s 2.2 PPP GDP/cap (Int$) 23,768 5.1 IMF (indicator) 0 secondmostpopulousnationandthirdlargesteconomy(PPP). 2.3 Exports ($BN) 87 5.2 UN (indicator) 0 DistinguishedFellow,INSEAD RANK 15 32 57 56 10 Although Kazakh speakers can be found throughout Central Asia, it is essentially only spoken in great numbers in Kazakhstan. Although its roots are as a Turkic language, Soviet legacy has made the supported by EUROBAK Cyrillic alphabet the current means of writing the language. Nevertheless, there are ambitions by some to switch to the use of the Latin alphabet. But the existence of Russian, which uses Cyrillic script, as a second official language in Kazakhstan may counter any such push. 35