India, July 12 -- A post on X (formerly Twitter) has gone viral for dismissing Indian regional languages like Kannada and Tamil as not worth learning, calling them the languages of "poorer economies" with "poor quality of life."

The post, now widely circulated, has triggered a wave of backlash, especially from users in southern cities like Bengaluru and Chennai.

"If I moved to Japan, I would learn Japanese. If I moved to China, I would learn Chinese. If I moved to Bangalore, I would rather speak English. If I moved to Chennai, I would rather speak English. No point in learning languages of poorer economies and poorer quality of life," the post read.

The user further claimed that language discussions are "overrated" and went as far as a...