[Fsf-friends] Languages of India

Kanti Jadia Kanti Jadia" <j_kanti@rediffmail.com
11 Mar 2003 05:13:57 -0000


Hi all,

The only point here was to give a link to the official site of the 
our government.

We should as Free Software supporters have a perspective on our 
governments policies.

regards

Kanti Jadia

On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 Raman.P wrote :
>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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