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Goanet mourns the passing of Jorge de Abreu Noronha in Portugal - Nov 27/07
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Dear Miguel,
Your clarification on the new orthographic usage is very helpful.
Although I must admit that I liked the way certain letters stood
together in the recent past. Loved the z's, x's, n'. vr's. Lesser
typographic possibilities for designers; though I must also add, I
have'nt seen designers do anything much with Konknni.
venantius
> From: "Miguel Braganza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Goanet] Goanet] Adding to the orthographic confusion
> In the shift from teaching Konkani to the people proficient in
> Portuguese to doing the same for a generation that is raised on a
> staple diet of English, some changes have been consciously made.
>
> The alphabet "Y", almost never used in Portuguese, has been introduced
> for convenience.
> So "Come" becomes 'Ye' or "Yo" instead of "ie" or "eo" and "Ready"
> becomes "Toyar" instead of "Toiar"
>
> The alphabet "K" is used as in "Kar" for "car" and "C" for "Ch" "Char" or
> Four.
>
> DD, NN, TT is used for emphasis on the consonent sound as in "Ghantt"
> for "bell" and Konknni for Konkani when written in Romi lipi.
>
> Write in Konkani as well as you can. Language is , after all, for
> communication .... not for nitpicking!! ;-) That is for the Devanagri
> lobby to do ;-))
>
> Mog asundi ...Zay zalear "asumdi"
>
> Miguel
