Joseph Zuzarte
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< The proponents of the different types of Konkani should take a look at the
English language. Every year the language keeps growing by the simple
process of adding new words from other languages, including regular
incorporations from Hindi and other Indian languages.>
Well said Joseph.
We can all learn from How the English language has come to prosper, and How
Latin and Sanskrit joined Pali etc into semi-oblivion.
The sad part about it is that those who claim to be fighting FOR Konkani are
actually killing it by way of suffocation......and those same Konkani-Mogis
don't have the sense to understand that.
We ourselves have an outstanding project (since 2004) to collate Luso-Goan
words which have been decapitated forceably from Konkani - never mind the
fact that Goans still use them in their spoken Konkani.
The hope (I am told) is that once this generation departs, the next
generation wouldn't be the wiser anyway..... and that those Luso-Goan words
will disappear by way of suppression.
So, I suggest, will spoken Konkani.
And the same Konkani mogis will wonder WHY Goans use English in their day to
day activities instead of Konkani
just my view
jose
jc
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