Thanks.
The Statesman,
Kolkata has already published it. A friend from Kolkata sent it
to me.
We will have to keep on
fighting.
"Amar Oxom" Editor Dr Nagen
Saikia, Ex Oxom Xahityo Xobha President, is preparing to publish my article in
Assamese and contunue the debate.
I think this is an issue for
Assamese lifeline.
Many have not seen it as such
yet.
Let us see.
Thanks for your
support.
Rajen
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:04
AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Asom or Oxom,
phonetically speaking
Good note Rajen. Hope they publish it.
c
At 8:33 AM -0600 3/7/06, Rajen Barua wrote:
Letters to the
editor
THE STATESMAN,
KOLKATA 4 March 2006
Asom or Oxom,
phonetically speaking
Sir, I am writing this letter with
reference to a decision by the Assam government to change the name of the
state to Asom. This is a wrong decision for certain reasons. Asom is a
Sanskritised spelling and not an Assamese spelling. The proper Assamese
spelling in the Roman script should be Oxom. The Assamese gutteral kh sound
is a well-recognised velar fricative, and is also found among other
languages including Greek and Russian. The International Phonetic
Association has designated the Greek letter, X, for this Assamese sound.
This sound is not represented by the letter, S, as written in the word
Asom. As such it is X and not S that should be used. Again, the first
letter should be O and not A. The letter A is used in Sanskrit and
Hindi where they have two As. In Assamese we have only one A. The
correct vowel for the Assamese pronunciation should be O. The Assam
government by taking a decision to use the Sanskritised form of spelling
Asom instead of Oxom is trying to kill the proper Assamese ethnic sound
XO. This will be a great letdown for the entire Assamese people, and we
request the Assam government not to meddle with the Assamese language. If it
has to change the name, it should adopt the correct spelling, i.e.
Oxom. Yours, etc., Rajen Barua, Katy (Texas), USA, 4
March.
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