Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-13 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-13 Thread Anirudh Bhati
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. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-13 Thread Anirudh Bhati
My email was not directed at anyone personally. It was simply a response 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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-13 Thread Anivar Aravind
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"

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-13 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-13 Thread Vikram Vincent
> 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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-13 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-13 Thread praveenp
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

2012-11-13 Thread Anirudh Bhati
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages

2012-11-13 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages

2012-11-13 Thread 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. On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > 2012/11/13 Srikanth Ra

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages

2012-11-13 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages

2012-11-13 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
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? On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12