[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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