I have recently come across a lot of people, mostly my fellow Indians, who trumpet the inherent superiority of their language by pointing out that it is so difficult to learn. I suppose they believe it validates their own linguistic ability - "Unless you're special like us, you have no hope of learning such a complicated language." I personally think that's rubbish. The primary purpose of a language is to communicate, and any language that makes this especially difficult has not performed its main task. It's not a very good language.
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