Marshall-bab, Tumchea spoxttikoronna khatir Dev borem korum.
Mog asum, SALU On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 9:36 PM, Marshall Mendonza <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Jose > > At the outset, let me clarify that I was not the author of the article/ > interview. I came across this interview in the DNA and posted it on Goanet > as I believed it would be of interest to goans. Although I did provide the > weblinks, I erred in not prefacing it with my comments. All-in-all, it > feels good whenever something positive and constructive is done for our > mother tongue and motherland. > > I would tend to agree with you that the Sahitya Akademi only recognised > Konkani as an independent and separate language and not as a dialect of > Marathi without getting into the script controversy. It is very essential > and important for anything to grow and thrive that no fetters should be > imposed on it. And that goes for language too. I wish all genuine lovers of > Konkani will allow it to grow in whichever script it can blossom. We are > all the richer for this. > > Regards, > > Marshall > > *As far as I know, Sahitya Akademi doesn't mention about any official > recognition of any script of Konknni in particular. Till today nowhere it > is officially written and found that (Devnagri is recognised as the > official Konkani script by the Sahitya Akademi.) If at all you have the > proof, please let the world know about it.* > > *Mog asum, > Jose Salvador Fernandes* >
