This is just to bring to your notice that,GOA is one of the states in "India i.e.Bharat" toady. The language of this tiny state is KONKANI,since ever. All the communities irrespective of cast,creed and religion speak KONKANI.
Hello Damodar, There is already a wikipedia project (in incubator) for Goanese Konkani. It is available here http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom Can Wikipedians take active part in helping the Goan Citizen in their task > ahead? In fact I suggest since you are a Konkani speaker (and know about the importance of Wikipedia in Konkani) please be part of this and guide more Konkani speakers towards this. I will connect you with few people who can help you to get start with contributing to Goanese Konkani wikipedia<http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom> . Thanks Shiju On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:37 PM, damodar vinayak bale <[email protected] > wrote: > Respected Shiju Alex, > > This is just to bring to your notice that,GOA is one of the states in > "India i.e.Bharat" toady. The language of this tiny state is KONKANI,since > ever. All the communities irrespective of cast,creed and religion speak > KONKANI. GOA was under foreign rule for more than four centuries. So the > natives could not develop Konkani for school system. Now that GOA has a > status of STATE and claims KONKANI as a State language,(Konkani being the > Mother-tongue of the citizen of Goa)it opts for setting up of Govt.aided > Primary Schools in Konkani to start with,ultimately going for Secondary and > Higher Secondary Schools. Can Wikipedians take active part in helping the > Goan Citizen in their task ahead? > > With best regards, > > Damodar Vinayak Bale, > > B-304,Marigold, > > C.D.Flower Valley, > > Borda Road, > > Margao-GOA, 403602, > > INDIA. > > > > On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:39:59 +0530 wrote > > >Dear All, > > > > > > > > I have compiled the, statistical update of the Indic language Wikipedias > > > > for the year 2011. In this report, my aim is to provide an *analysis* as > > > > well as *my perspectives* on the health of various Indic language > > > > communities as well as the state of various Indic language wikipedias for > > > > the year 2011. (The period of analysis is editor contributions between 2011 > > > > January 1 and 2011 December 31). As always, a lot of the data for this > > > > report and analysis are based on the statistical data published at > > > > http://stats.wikimedia.org. Thanks to Erik Zachte for compiling all this > > > > information. > > > > > > > > I must also point out that this annual update contains a number of insights > > > > *that are derived not only from this data but directly from community > > > > members* who have shared a very real-world picture. > > > > > > > > Read the annual update here: > > > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Indic_Languages/Statistics/2011_Annual_Update > > > > > > > > > > > > I welcome your comments on this annual update. Please discuss it on the > > > > talk page. You can also reach me at [email protected] > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Shiju Alex > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikihi-l mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikihi-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikihi-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikihi-l > _______________________________________________ Wikihi-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikihi-l
