Though both marathi and hindi use devanagari lipi (script) there are differences in the character sets of both... hence Hindi can't handle marathi in 100% of the cases, so is the case in case of Hindi. Hindi can not be fully covered by Marathi..
I kind of assume that there may be similar issues with Bengali being used for Assamese also.. i have seen lot of different opinions among people when I travelled to kolkata (back then Calcutta), I had friends from NE states (with whom I have lost touch now..) who shared rich information about traditions and culture there and i learnt about few minute difference in the culture despite things may looks similar. Never had a luck to visit Assam yet, but have heard very nice things from those freinds. Yep... i have travelled as far as central Tripura (Kumarghat) to be specific (i do not know if it necessary to give that as a requirement to speak for one's liking anyway..) So I have interests in almost every human language .. not just one of them... Hope nobody would have problems with that ... -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.