A report in the Times of India (Mumbai) dated 4 August 2010 under the heading "Use Marathi spelling of Bhayandar says sainik" The shiv sena now wants the Marathi spelling of Bhayander to be used for official purposes as against the Hindi version which is generally preferred by all.....Is this also the case in Goa? In Goa are we using the devnogri script for Konkani or is it the Marathi version? As far as konkani goes "a" as in agni is seldom used, instead the word "o" replaces "a" for example the word for untrustworthy in konkani is "ovisvaxi" and "avisvaxi" in Marathi. similarly ontor = antar, otmo = atma, ponos = panas, onond = anand.Now open the purported konkani books written in devnogri script one will be shocked to find that konkani words are not written as it is pronounced in konkani but substituted with Marathi words. Just like the report in TOI is it Konkani in Devnagri script or Devnogrichea nanvan Marathi bhitor kaddchi kelea. Zagrut ravat Goemkarano.Mog assundhi Michael fernandes
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