A circular to various ministry for more use of Hindi by government official has enraged DMK Chief Karunanidhi. He accused center leadership of Hindi chauvanism. Jay Lalitha has also criticized compulsory use of Hindi.
I remember that the saffron block (then Hindu Maha Sabha as well as RSS) in pre independence days coined a slogan- Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan. I wonder if they have now a plan to implement the pre independence era programme.
Language is simply a means of communication. It will be counterproductive to fan Hindi chauvanism as the main issues of poverty, development and employment will be side tracked.
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/memo-modi-indian-shouldnt-mean-hindi-chauvinism-1578383.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ensure-English-is-used-in-official-social-media-accounts-Jayalalithaa-writes-to-Modi/articleshow/36878908.cms?
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/full-text-the-official-languages-act-1963/480520-3.html
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Do you think that Hindi is mix of Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati etc. BJP leader thinks so. So, by encouraging Hindi, you are also encouraging Tamil. How strange logic? Are they not getting funnier.Might have some words due proximity. If I am wrong correct me, mother language of all is Sanskrit.
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/everyone-chill-bjp-says-hindi-is-mix-of-tamil-gujarati-bengali-1580695.html
Do you think that Hindi is mix of Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati etc. BJP leader thinks so. So, by encouraging Hindi, you are also encouraging Tamil. How strange logic? Are they not getting funnier.Might have some words due proximity. If I am wrong correct me, mother language of all is Sanskrit.
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/everyone-chill-bjp-says-hindi-is-mix-of-tamil-gujarati-bengali-1580695.html
Sanskrit is not the mother language of all since there are other s like Greek and Lithanian ...
https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080914231436AAw82UG
sanskrit is mother of all indian languages.Do you think that Hindi is mix of Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati etc. BJP leader thinks so. So, by encouraging Hindi, you are also encouraging Tamil. How strange logic? Are they not getting funnier.Might have some words due proximity. If I am wrong correct me, mother language of all is Sanskrit.
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/everyone-chill-bjp-says-hindi-is-mix-of-tamil-gujarati-bengali-1580695.html
Sanskrit is not the mother language of all since there are other s like Greek and Lithanian ...
https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080914231436AAw82UG
Sanskrit is the origin of not only Indian languages but many foreign languages. There is a lot of influence of Sanskrit on English language. Eg. Brother- Bratha
Mother - Mata to name a few.
Once I started writing similar soundingwords in English and Hindi I was surprised to see I soon reached to more than 400. I have lost that diary but I can start with numbers
Two- Tho
Three- Trya
Four Char
Six Chai
Ehgt Athh
Nine Nou
Bull Bail
Cow Gow
Brother Birather
Mother Matra
I read one couplet in school from Ramayana - Rishmuk Parvat near aye (They reached near Rishmuk hill)
Sanskrit is the origin of not only Indian languages but many foreign languages. There is a lot of influence of Sanskrit on English language. Eg. Brother- Bratha
Mother - Mata to name a few.
Once I started writing similar soundingwords in English and Hindi I was surprised to see I soon reached to more than 400. I have lost that diary but I can start with numbers
Two- Tho
Three- Trya
Four Char
Six Chai
Ehgt Athh
Nine Nou
Bull Bail
Cow Gow
Brother Birather
Mother Matra
I read one couplet in school from Ramayana - Rishmuk Parvat near aye (They reached near Rishmuk hill)
True. Most of the languages have link with Sanskrit. Greek and Latin too have links with many European languages.
Interesting similarities but Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, Persian, Chinese and couple more are original languages of ancient times from which all other languages have emerged. Now English is becoming a 'killer' language of many regional language of the world.[/quote
English has the flexibility that no other language has. It takes words and assimilates in to it easily. For example the word "Juggernaut" has been taken from Jagannadh from Odia. Similarly Bungalow which is Bangla or a building.
Interesting similarities but Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, Persian, Chinese and couple more are original languages of ancient times from which all other languages have emerged. Now English is becoming a 'killer' language of many regional language of the world.[/quote
English has the flexibility that no other language has. It takes words and assimilates in to it easily. For example the word "Juggernaut" has been taken from Jagannadh from Odia. Similarly Bungalow which is Bangla or a building.
When someone speaks in Hindi these days, the large number of English words used as such, makes one wonder whether they are talking in Hindi using English words or in English using Hindi words.
Interesting similarities but Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, Persian, Chinese and couple more are original languages of ancient times from which all other languages have emerged. Now English is becoming a 'killer' language of many regional language of the world.[/quote
English has the flexibility that no other language has. It takes words and assimilates in to it easily. For example the word "Juggernaut" has been taken from Jagannadh from Odia. Similarly Bungalow which is Bangla or a building.
When someone speaks in Hindi these days, the large number of English words used as such, makes one wonder whether they are talking in Hindi using English words or in English using Hindi words.
True. i too felt the same.
Do you think that Hindi is mix of Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati etc. BJP leader thinks so. So, by encouraging Hindi, you are also encouraging Tamil. How strange logic? Are they not getting funnier.Might have some words due proximity. If I am wrong correct me, mother language of all is Sanskrit.
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/everyone-chill-bjp-says-hindi-is-mix-of-tamil-gujarati-bengali-1580695.html
Sanskrit is not the mother language of all since there are other s like Greek and Lithanian ...
https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080914231436AAw82UG
Hindi may contain some words used in other languages also. But does this justify to say that encouraging Hindi automatically encourages Gujarati, Tamil etc. I am not sure whether Hindi contains Tamil words but I can't understand Tamil. Also somebody living in Tamilnadu cannot be expected to use Hindi. So it is irrelevant to say that Hindi contains Tamil words also.
Do you think that Hindi is mix of Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati etc. BJP leader thinks so. So, by encouraging Hindi, you are also encouraging Tamil. How strange logic? Are they not getting funnier.Might have some words due proximity. If I am wrong correct me, mother language of all is Sanskrit.
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/everyone-chill-bjp-says-hindi-is-mix-of-tamil-gujarati-bengali-1580695.html
Sanskrit is not the mother language of all since there are other s like Greek and Lithanian ...
https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080914231436AAw82UG
Hindi may contain some words used in other languages also. But does this justify to say that encouraging Hindi automatically encourages Gujarati, Tamil etc. I am not sure whether Hindi contains Tamil words but I can't understand Tamil. Also somebody living in Tamilnadu cannot be expected to use Hindi. So it is irrelevant to say that Hindi contains Tamil words also.
True. There is no justification in the contention that encouraging Hindi automatically encourages Gujarati, Tamil etc. it speaks of the poor knowledge of the speaker.
Sanskirt, Latin and Greeks all originated from common proto-indo-european language. Sanskrit is language of Aryans who descended from Europe and migrate to Asia and that is why similarities.
It is not proper to say that Sanskrit is the language of Aryans and they came from Europe. It was propaganda by the white skin colonialists who could not digest that they had colonized a civilization far older and developed than theirs. So they spread this canard to belittle us. By this logic Hindi has originated because of Europeans.
Sanskrit is also known as "Dev Bhasha", language spoken by Gods. It speaks of its antiquity.
It would be interesting to know how it became base of so many Indian languages incl. Hindi and itself retreated into background.
Practical usage of Sanskrit is difficult. in addition to this barring a few teaching and coaching institutions are dwindling in number due to influence of western influence and globalization. Venkatewara university is one such institution where you can see separate institutions for Vedic studies in Sanskrit.
Sanskrit is also known as "Dev Bhasha", language spoken by Gods. It speaks of its antiquity.
It would be interesting to know how it became base of so many Indian languages incl. Hindi and itself retreated into background.
Practical usage of Sanskrit is difficult. in addition to this barring a few teaching and coaching institutions are dwindling in number due to influence of western influence and globalization. Venkatewara university is one such institution where you can see separate institutions for Vedic studies in Sanskrit.
I am not talking of today but in history when Sanskrit gave away to other languages.
Sanskrit is also known as "Dev Bhasha", language spoken by Gods. It speaks of its antiquity.
It would be interesting to know how it became base of so many Indian languages incl. Hindi and itself retreated into background.
Practical usage of Sanskrit is difficult. in addition to this barring a few teaching and coaching institutions are dwindling in number due to influence of western influence and globalization. Venkatewara university is one such institution where you can see separate institutions for Vedic studies in Sanskrit.
I am not talking of today but in history when Sanskrit gave away to other languages.
Even in context with history, foreign invasions started quite early, resulting in lack of patronage for Sanskrit studies.
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