Re: [Assam] Could Assamese be the mother of Konkani?

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:27:31 -0800

The Bodos have been using the letter "w" for a while writing in English to express certain phonetic sounds that do not seem to have any similar sound in Assamese.   These are mostly phonetic wng (Nwng - You) or  wo (not similar to Assamese wo, I don't know how to write it phonetically)
 
For example
 
English                                                  Bodo
What are you doing                   Nwng ma khalamdwng ?     (No-ong Ma Kha-Lam-Do-Ong)
What is your name                    Nwng ni nama ma ?           (No-ong Ni Naa-Maa Ma)
You are welcome                      Gwjwnthwng                      (Gwo-jwon-Thwang)
 
A few examples of Bodo names with "w"
 
Swmkhwr


Barua25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>BTW, did you see in the Sentinel in recent weeks how it has been
>spelling certain Bodo names of people and places using the letter 'w'
>for the Oxomiya 'w-kar'? I was wondering if it has been a common Bodo
>way for transliterating the 'w' sound in English or if it is a
>reflection of an acceptance of a regimen that you have championed for
>so long.

Chandan:
That is very encouraging news it seems. No I have not seen Sentinel.
Anyway the use of W as Assamese WO-Kar has the approval of none other than
Dr Golok Ch Goswami, the present Guru of Assamese language (you may say) in
a letter to me couple of years ago.

I am glad that Sentinel is also using this. Can you send me an exanple of
such word without me going to Sentinel website.

Thanks
Rajen


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Barua25" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;

Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Could Assamese be the mother of Konkani?


> Rajen:
>
> I share your views here. It was interesting to read the note that Ram
> posted. Will look forward to seeing if you can make an understandable
> picture by connecting those dots.
>
>
> BTW, did you see in the Sentinel in recent weeks how it has been
> spelling certain Bodo names of people and places using the letter 'w'
> for the Oxomiya 'w-kar'? I was wondering if it has been a common Bodo
> way for transliterating the 'w' sound in English or if it is a
> reflection of an acceptance of a regimen that you have championed for
> so long.
>
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> At 10:09! PM -0600 2/21/05, Barua25 wrote:
> >Ramgopal:
> >Thank you so much for furnnishing the valuable link on Konkani language.
It
> >has opened for me a valuable new window for months and months of
linguistic
> >studies.
> >My first question is where to find a introductory grammar book of Konkani
> >language to analyse its similarity with Assamese and Bengali. I am amazed
to
> >find newer and newer evidence to find similiarities bwteen Assamese and
the
> >west coast languages: Martahi, Gujrati, Surastian and now Konkani.
> >Last time I visited Rajasthan, I met a guy who belongs to Pushkar Brahman
> >caste and who speak X in their language like the Assamese. I am yet to
work
> >on it.
> >Till now I have collected many dots. Hopefully one of these days, I will
be
> >able to connect these and make something meaningful.
> >Thanks again.
> >R! ajen Barua
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To:
> >Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:19 PM
> >Subject: [Assam] Could Assamese be the mother of Konkani?
> >
> >
> >> "Konkani belongs to the second group, and hence some scholars regard
> >> Bengali or Assamese as the mother of Konkani language. However, in
> >> reality the three are siblings of the same (now nonexistent)
> >> intermediary language"
> >> __________
> >>
> >> Here is an interesting article on the development of Konkani language,
> >> its problems and triumphs.
> >>
> >> Here is the link.
> >>
> >> http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/konkani/konkani.htm
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