Since the Dalgado Konkani Academy hasn't said anything regarding the new Roman Konkani script, it's fair to assure the body has accepted the script. Like Fred, I too am totally taken by surprise by TSKK's about turn or rather a change in direction, from first pushing from a devnagiri script to now promoting the new Roman Konkani script. Even the late Prof. Lourdino Rodrigues advocated devnagiri script, and the TSKK published his work in that script. I am not sure if the learned professor's full dictonary has been published. TSKK's earlier thrust for devnagiri was probably because the devnagiri script captured the phonetics well. If the same effect is available through the two added symbols to the Roman script it may be wise to follow this script. Will Goem be written as Gohy? (I tried to put the symbol over the letter "o", but can't in plain text. I copied from Microsoft World, but the result is what I got above). Would this new script make Shenoi Goembab turn in his grave? Or, could his book, The Triumph of Konkani, renamed as The Crimp of Konkani?
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