Re: [Goanet]Hindi, Urdu, Alfredbab, Tariqmia......ani Konkani

2004-04-15 Thread Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha
Dr. José Colaço <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wednesday, April 14, 2004: > > It also depends on WHAT is meant by KONKANI! rather WHICH Konkani. > > I would like to know (for purly personal reasons) WHY Jose and Joao became > Zuze ani Zuam in the new S-Konkani - while JESU remained Jesu! > Jorge's

[Goanet]Hindi, Urdu, Alfredbab, Tariqmia......ani Konkani

2004-04-14 Thread Dr. José Colaço
Alfred de Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Din't Hindi and Urdu --same but different alphabet ? -- come on the scene more as a colonial lingua franca, to serve the Indo-British administration and military purposes?> => Tariq Siddiqui wrote in reply I found this website