Dear Carmo,
Please below a forwarded email from a yahoo group for Indian diaspora in UK.
It seem they have already started a movement for roman script for marathi.
Do we dare unite in our stand for roman script for both languages and maybe
more?
Warm regards,
Jen
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--- Madhukar N. Gogate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Madhukar N. Gogate [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 02:04:00 +0530
Subject: [BharatUK] Indian Languages August 2005
Attn BharatUK yahoogroups. I am a new member. I am
MSc of London Univ, lived in London 1954-57. Now here
is a message (posted worldwide around 1 Aug 2005). .
Best Wishes. -- Madhukar N Gogate, Pune India age 73
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This note (Indian Languages August 2005) is on using
Roman lipi (script), if current script software is absent.
Linear Roman suits phonebooks, internet etc. Marathi
is considered here. Use its method for others with due
symbols. Circulate. See E04(12 to 26)E03 M12 M11
in www.mngogate.com Author [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Explanation in English follows the Example in Marathi.
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Example -- maraave pari kirtirupe uraave... he yogya
aahe... tyaashivaay he lakshaat asude ki maraave pari
pret-rupe disaave... saat varshe geli ki mag bepattaa
vyakti mrut samj'aavi asaa kaaydaa aahe... toparyant
vimaa va anya kaame rakhad'taat... mi Phone kelaa va
Police aale... mi tyaannaa Thanks dile... mit'h mhan'je
Sodium Chloride rasaayan. (abhang ) j'e kaa ranj'ale
gaanj'ale... tyaansi mhan'e j'o aapule... tochi saadhu
ol'akhaavaa... dev tethechi j'aan'aavaa.- sant Tukaram.
Current Marathi script is not dual like Roman a-z A-Z
Write Marathi (also English words used in Marathi) as
per Marathi people's perception (phon, polis, thaenks
in above example). But people may not respell names,
and initially may not be sure of respelling. Use capitals
to start such words (Phone, Police, Thanks) as above.
Retain technical spellings like (Sodium Chloride) with
capital starters or one may respell (sod'iyam kloraaid')
At times, people say write in Marathi script English
words (thaenks) etc, instead of local (dhanyavaad) etc.
English words should be respelled, while adding any
Marathi suffixes. Thus Police + aanchi = polisaanchi
Read Marathi word (he) as (he-help). Follow sounds
and write (sarkaar), not as Marathi script (sarakaara).
Use no capitals as sentence-starters and as substitutes
(A D N) for (aa, d' n') etc. Separate sentences with 3
dots in a para. One dot to end a para / single sentence.
Capitals caution readers about non-standard spellings.
Key a (u-up) aa (a-art) ae (a-at) ao (aw-law) e (egg)
i (his) o (ok) u (u-pull ) rhasva = dirgha ( lipi = lipee)
d (th-they) d' (d-dog) likewise (t t' n n' l l' ) v (w-win)
j (jam) j' (s-his) likewise (ch ch') (jh z) Details in M12
Use (ae, ao) absent in original Marathi, for few English
words. All English-serving machines can serve Marathi
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Save this note for future e-mails in Marathi. Thank You
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*~Jen
Birmingham UK
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VascokarsUnited/
Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened!
