Dear Bosco, Thank you for your e-mail, and for forwarding my article to Goanet. I cannot understand what is meant by �Plain Text' Viviana too once wrote to me the same thing. Please explain what is meant by PLAIN TEXT, and why sometimes the messages go through without difficulty, even though I send them from the same computer or software. I have had no such problem with other nets. You want to know what I use as my e-mail client. I don't know what that means....but I presume the software.
I use MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS 5 Will be most grateful to you for your help. I am really a computer-ignorant. All I know is to send an e-mail... nothing more. Kind regards. Basilio Magno (Spain) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bosco - Goanet Volunteer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 4:03 AM Subject: [Goanet] KONKANI - NOT A DIALECT OF MARATHI - > On Thu, 29 May 2003 10:29:01 +0200, "Magno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" wrote: > > KONKANI - NOT A DIALECT OF MARATHI > > by Basilio Magno (Spain) > > The long article in the Navhind Times early in May, titled: "Future of Konkani > is Not Very Bright" has caught the Goan community overseas by surprise and a > sense of rage that Shri Subash Bhende had the audacity to say that Konkani is a > dialect of Marathi. I guess, he is only exercising His Master's Voice, having > been elected in Maharashtra as the President of All India Marathi Sahitya > Samelan. > > Maharashtra's expansionistic designs on Goa is no secret and perhaps Shri > Bhende's interview is an attempt to furthe their cause. After sixteen years > since Konkani was recognized as State language, the Marathiwallas have now > resurrected the language polemics in order to claim Marathi to be Goa's State > language branding Konkani as a dialect of Marathi. But how dare Shri Bhende say > that "Konkani is a dialect of Marathi," when there are all the testimonies to > prove that Konkani is an independent Indo-Aryan language, derived from Prakrits > and Sanskrit. The fact that Bhende himself says he speaks at home Konkani and > has been teaching his seven-year-old grandson, is enough proof that Konkani is > also the Mothertongue of the Hindus in Goa and they have been respecting it till > now. > > The Konkani language problem, Shri Bhende must be reminded, has been resolved > and sealed in 1987, and the double seal was placed on it on 20 August 1992, when > it entered the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution. That the Konkani > language is not a dialect of Marathi and that it is an independent language has > been shown by many prominent philologists, notably among them the renowned > Konkani lexicographer Mgr. Sebastian Rudolpho Dalgado. > > In the Introduction to his book Konkani-Portuguese Dictionary - first published > in 1893 in Portugal, Mgr. Dalgado writes: "...From that I conclude briefly that > (1) the Konkani language is Aryan and inflexive and not dravidian or > agglutinative. (2) it assimilates much to Balabasha. (3) It distances less > from Sanskrit in grammar and vocabulary than of Marathi. (4) It is not a > dialect or corruption of Marathi....etc. > > Another philologist - Gerson da Cunha (1884-1900) in a book "Konkani a Language" > by Dr. Jose Pereira, says: " It is said that the Marathi language is the > nearest to Sanskrit of all the vernacular languages of India, but as far as > ordinary expressions in use are concerned, Konkani may perhaps claim to be not > only the Southernmost, but also the North India or Aryan family of languages. > Although Konkani has many words in common with Marathi....still there are words > current among the Konkanas which cannot have been derived from Marathi. > > In evidence da Cunha gives the following table:" I - Konkani: ahum, Sanskrit: > aham, Marathi: mi; Parrot: kir-kira-popat; Crane: bokem-baka-bagala; Dog: > sunnem-svan-kutra; Thigh: zang-janga-mandi; Cheek: polo-kapola-gal; Bracelet: > kankonn-kankana-bangadi; Cord: razu-rajju-dori. In all these words the Konkani > words are based on the Sanskrit, the Marathi ones not. The same is true of > words like polleum, uloum, apoum, votsum, etc." > > Dr. Jose Pereira in his Foreword to the book: "Konkani Self Taught" by Deorai, > writes: "Besides, Konkani was the first of modern Indo-Aryan languages to be > standardized. It is usually grammar and prose, and not verse, that fix a > language. The first grammar on any modern Indian tongue was one on Konkani > composed by an unknown Goan lay brother of the College of St. Paul in Old Goa in > 1560." Dr. Pereira further in the same Foreword mentions the great prose-work > in Konkani, saying: "Our effort of this age survives a large tome containing > tales from the 'Mahabharata' and 'Ramayana' preserved in MS form in the Public > Library at Braga, in Portugal." > > Those who are interested to know the true status of the Konkani language would > do well to read Dr. Jose Pereira's book: "KONKANI A LANGUAGE" - History of > the Konkan-Marathi Controversy, published in 1971 by the Karnatak University, > Darwar, India. Dr. Pereira is a post-graduate in Sanskrit and has specialized > in ancient Indian Culture. He is presently a Professor at the Fordham > University in New York, USA. > > ########################################################################## > # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # > # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
