Dear friends, On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 Tony de Sa <[email protected]> wrote and "floriano" <[email protected]> endorsed:
<< Wasn't Konkani sustained by the writings of Konkani writers in the Roman Script through the 450 years of Imperialistic, colonial rule?>> > Comment: I think this piffle is being repeated ad nauseam without an iota of evidence. Could someone cite just a couple of Konkani books in Roman script written by Goans or non-Europeans prior to around 1860 when Cunha Rivara's "Ensaio" appeared on the scene. Was any such book published in "Imperialistic, colonial" Goa up to as late as 1928? Was any book in Roman script Konkani written by any European post-1660? Would be very grateful for such information. I may add that, contrary to the notion that is sought to be propagated, it was the Catholics who led the way in publishing Konkani books in Devanagari; the Hindus only followed. It was not the other way around. Evidence can be provided. Sebastian Borges
