[Fsf-friends] Languages of India

[Raman.P]

But why do hindi prachar here. Please tell us what you
are trying to convey to free sofware community.

Raman.P

--- Kanti  Jadia <j_kanti@rediffmail.com> wrote: > Hi,
> 
>   There are around 18 languages recognized by the
> Indian 
> Constitution. These languages are
> 
>           1. Assamese
>           2. Bengali
>           3. Gujrati
>           4. Hindi
>           5. Kannada
>           6. Kashmiri
>           7. Konkani
>           8. Malyalam
>           9. Manipuri
>          10. Marathi
>          11. Nepali
>          12. Oriya
>          13. Punjabi
>          14. Sanskrit
>          15. Sindhi
>          16. Tamil
>          17. Telgu
>          18. Urdu
> 
> Hindi is the national, official and main link
> language of India. 
> Its homeland is mainly in the north of India, but it
> is spoken and 
> widely understood in all urban centers of India. It
> is written in 
> the Devanagri script, which is phonetic and, unlike
> English, is 
> pronounced as it is written. Hindi is a direct
> descendant of 
> Sanskrit through Prakrit and Apabhramsha. It has
> been influenced 
> and enriched by Dravidian, Turkish, Farsi, Arabic,
> Portugese and 
> English. It is a very expressive language. In poetry
> and songs, it 
> can convey emotions using simple and gentle words.
> It can also be 
> used for exact and rational reasoning.
> 
> 
> 
> URL: http://indiaimage.nic.in/languages.htm
> 
> 
> 
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