2012/11/14 Anirudh Bhati :
> The word 'Indic' itself is a derivative of the word "Hindus" or "Indus"
> referring to the Indus Valley Civilization, which did not stretch as far as
> Deccan India where the Dravidian family of languages have been prevalent.
> The distinction between the Indic language
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Anivar Aravind wrote:
> factually incorrect .
> Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_scripts
>
The article you refer to lacks proper citations.
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to the observation Srikanth made and from what I glanced from Wikipedia
articles.[1] In the context of linguistics, you will be hard-pressed to
find reliable sources that refer to Indic languages as a generic term for
all of
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Anirudh Bhati wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Amir E. Aharoni
> wrote:
>>
>> If he didn't explain it, then you can presume that it's wrong. There's
>> nothing to discuss, and there's nothing wrong with saying "Indic
>> languages".
>
>
> The word "Indic"
I don't know which dictionary this is. Merriam-Webster says that it can be
both:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indic
"Indic" is very common in discussion of computing in the languages of India
and its neighboring countries, all of which face similar challenges.
There's nothing derogato
> The word "Indic" refers generally to the Indo-Aryan family of languages,
> which does not include Dravidian languages prevalent in Southern India.
> Hence, bunching the entire system of Dravidian languages together with the
> Indo-Aryan languages in India may seem derogatory to some, and reasona
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2012/11/14 Anirudh Bhati :
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Amir E. Aharoni
> wrote:
>>
>> If he didn't explain it, then you can presume that it's w
On Wednesday 14 November 2012 09:31 AM, Anirudh Bhati wrote:
The word "Indic" refers generally to the Indo-Aryan family of
languages, which does not include Dravidian languages prevalent in
Southern India.
[citation needed]
Then Why don't they just called Indic language, other than Indo-Arya
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Amir E. Aharoni <
amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
> If he didn't explain it, then you can presume that it's wrong. There's
> nothing to discuss, and there's nothing wrong with saying "Indic
> languages".
>
The word "Indic" refers generally to the Indo-Aryan f
2012/11/13 Srikanth Ramakrishnan :
> Amir,
> I was merely told by someone. I was told that both words were derogatory [at
> the same time, hence I mentioned both].
> If you wish to discuss this further, we can take it offlist.
If he didn't explain it, then you can presume that it's wrong. There's
Amir,
I was merely told by someone. I was told that both words were derogatory
[at the same time, hence I mentioned both].
If you wish to discuss this further, we can take it offlist.
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Amir E. Aharoni <
amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
> 2012/11/13 Srikanth Ra
2012/11/13 Srikanth Ramakrishnan :
> P.S: I've been told that the words 'Indic' and 'Vernacular' are derogatory.
Citation needed. I hope not to derail this thread, but AFAIK there's
nothing derogatory in these words. I don't even know why do you
mention "vernacular", which didn't appear in the ema
Just a suggestion. Why not put up such projects on Meta/
Keeping them on the English wikipedia brings about a misconception that it
is restricted to English.
P.S: I've been told that the words 'Indic' and 'Vernacular' are derogatory.
Let's say Indian languages shall we?
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