I happened to run into this on the Sentinel web site, and I agree with it wholeheartedly:
Needed: Native Words I have gone through the Assamese dictionaries from the times of Hemchandra Baruwa, and the Anglo-Assamese dictionaries written by the likes of Budhin Chandra Bhattacharyya. But I feel that several native words have been left out and in their place Sanskrit words abound. Let it be said here that the tribal languages have contributed substantially to the formation of the Assamese language. As such, colloquial words like tengor and botaah should be given the first place in lieu of words like dhurtta and vaayu. This is just one example. The Father of the Turkish nation, Kamal Attaturk, made use of colloquial Turkish words in place of Arabic words to retain the distinct flavour and lucidity of the Turkish language. I urge the scholars concerned with lexicography to compose dictionaries which have a profusion of indigenous words in the Assamese language. Satyen Brahma, Lokhora, Guwahati. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
