Language has been the essential source of human communication. It is a means through which humans express themselves in terms of attitude and emotions. Language is also considered to be a source of cultural communication. There is a strong relationship between language and culture. Humans communicate in various ways. The way people use their language reveals their prejudices and preferences. Even "sociolinguistic variants" like gender issues, racial conflicts and ethnicity are reflected in the

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... se of language. The paper attempts to explore sociolinguistic variants and their implications in the minority speech communities in the wake of globalization and urbanization.