Hello Aloysius,
You may be right in your way of thinking, but I certainly believe that its not extremely difficult to pronounce konkani correctly in Roman script.
Zaite amche gaum bav bailea dessant assat je konkani boroitat, ani tanchea gorcheank tem sompem lagtam vachpak, nuinch tankam, pun amchim zantim assat tim dekun xhezarchea burgeank apoitat vachunk aplea burgeancheo chitti. Ekdom borem dista jednam amchim lahn burgim amcho Povitr Korar vachtat konkanint. Tankam konnem shinkounk nam hi bas vachpak, muntoch maka dissonam ti augodd munn zoxem tum boroitai. Voi anv mantam ki devanagri vo kannada goddiek vodik sompi zait, zankam heo don basso etat vachunk.
Sot sangom muntlear anvem tor zaito mar khela marathi toxench Hindi shinktanam, muntoch anvem zobor attesanv diunk nam te baxenk, dekun devanagri maka zalear augodd lagta. Vachunk zata pun very slow. And maximum words I do not understand.
DonĄŻt know if this is the case with other Goans.
Wish all Goans to be literate in Konkani whichever way they find it easy to read and write.
Viva Goa, Viva Konkani
Jerry Fernandes
Riyadh / Aldona
Konkani, when written in the Roman script, is extremely difficult to PRONOUNCE correctly -- but when written in the Devnagri or Kanada scripts (both PHONETIC) pronounciation is automatically correct. So by choice many of us want to remain illiterate -- since the meaning of being literate is being able to read (correctly) and write our own language ........
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:24:56 źn From: Aloysius D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: goanet@goanet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet]Konkani course with CD Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org
Hi Victor,
Yes, unfortunately, many of us Goans -- like the proverbial ostrich -- like to stick our heads in the ground and not watch the world around us -- confining our interest to the well in which we consider ourselves "big frogs".
Today as one moves from State to State in India it is becoming more and more difficult to get about -- road signs and destination boards on buses are written in the State language -- knowledge of the Devnagri script helps in all the Hindi belt states, Maharashtra -- but not in the South.
Konkani, when written in the Roman script, is extremely difficult to PRONOUNCE correctly -- but when written in the Devnagri or Kanada scripts (both PHONETIC) pronounciation is automatically correct. So by choice many of us want to remain illiterate -- since the meaning of being literate is being able to read (correctly) and write our own language ........
Cheers -- let us resolve during this year 2005 to become literate in Konkani -- either by learning through Roman script supported with a CD or audio tape that gives us the correct pronounciation or by being able to read the same Konkani words when written in Devnagri or Kanada scripts.
Happy New Year
Aloysius
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