Originally posted by shivkumar
Originally posted by ashwin.adsouza
(b) Konkani as such is a dialect and not a language
Just to clarify the above line. Konkani is a language - Konkani was included in the Eight Schedule of the Constitution of India, as per the Seventy-First Amendment on 31st August 1992, adding it to the list of National Languages. Please refer:[COLOR="#800080">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_language[/COLOR">. |
Now if some Marathi protagonist jumps up to ridicule Konkani and a ding dong battle begins re: lingo of amchem goem then I am gonna scream!!! Very unfortunately all the sajjans on this forum won't allow both parties to sit back with a glass of urrack to kiss and make up especially now that the heat is on...... |
Please visit the link from Wikipedia you have given above and I quote this piece for Konkani verbatim.(Please also see the definition of Dialect from same source):
"Konkani does not have a unique script. Scripts of the other regional languages where its speakers inhabit are used; although Devanagiri has been mandated as the official script.
Konkani is the official language in the state of Goa and is included in the list of National Languages of India."
Dialect based on linguistic definition becomes a language only when it has a UNIQUE (Single)script which Konkani lacks because it geographicaly and politically goes across three or more states with at least two distinct scripts. You may have any number of languages based on official/constitutional recognition/definition but this is not the science of language or "Lingustics". The constitution keeps increasing languages and states every few years.(We have about 20 nationally recognised languages and 500 dialects as per last official count, I am sure this ratio can be reversed in a century or so! For example they (all 500), can become languages by definition if they all accept Devanagri as their written script - overnight!).
A good example is Malaysia and Indonesia - they did not have written script. They first adopted Arabic and later the Roman script and have become languages. But development of language has social dynamics which took centuries ealier to settle a language, but made much faster today by trans-migration and better transportation. Our states were made on basis of language, but we still have regional influences within states(read languages and dialects) after 60 years of independence. But things are better than the North-South clashes in the 1960s.
The intention was not to ridicule anyone and stray from the alluring news on Kamat Hotels. This is just a clarification. I look forward to the urrack/arrack/sorro!
Edited by stocktin - 09/Apr/2008 at 1:43am
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