Judging from this clarification, it seems that a position is being created
that the Indus valley civilisation was the sole active player in the
separation of Dravidian from non-Dravidian communities, and that we should
shun any attempt to use the word Indic, as that might show unnecessary
respect
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2012/11/14 Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com:
The word 'Indic
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Amir E. Aharoni
amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
So are the words India and Indian. If this logic is true, then the
English name of the Republic of India, and the name of this mailing
list would be derogatory as well. Evidently, to most people they
aren't.
2012/11/14 Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com:
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics by PH Matthews distinguishes
Indic scripts from the Dravidian scripts, clearly specifying that Indic
refers to the languages belonging to the Indo-Aryan Family (see page 175 of
This is one particular -
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Amir E. Aharoni
amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
Again: Let's not make up controversy.
No one is trying to rake up a controversy. This is a polite discussion, at
least on my part, so I will appreciate if you do not allude otherwise.
I have presented an
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Amir E. Aharoni
amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
Again: Let's not make up controversy.
No one is trying to rake up a controversy. This is a polite discussion, at
least on my
This is getting rather silly.
Amir might not realize that he is flirting with some political undertones,
with his argument, but is also the same stance on the word that I've had
against Anirudh'd characterization. I might have had a
brief discussion with Anirudh about this a couple of years ago,
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Amir E. Aharoni
amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
If he didn't explain it, then you can presume that it's wrong. There's
nothing to discuss, and there's nothing wrong with saying Indic
languages.
The word Indic refers generally to the Indo-Aryan family of
On Wednesday 14 November 2012 09:31 AM, Anirudh Bhati wrote:
The word Indic refers generally to the Indo-Aryan family of
languages, which does not include Dravidian languages prevalent in
Southern India.
[citation needed]
Then Why don't they just called Indic language, other than Indo-Aryan
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I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2012/11/14 Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com:
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Amir E. Aharoni
amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
If he didn't
The word Indic refers generally to the Indo-Aryan family of languages,
which does not include Dravidian languages prevalent in Southern India.
Hence, bunching the entire system of Dravidian languages together with the
Indo-Aryan languages in India may seem derogatory to some, and reasonably
I don't know which dictionary this is. Merriam-Webster says that it can be
both:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indic
Indic is very common in discussion of computing in the languages of India
and its neighboring countries, all of which face similar challenges.
There's nothing
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Amir E. Aharoni
amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
If he didn't explain it, then you can presume that it's wrong. There's
nothing to discuss, and there's nothing wrong with saying
My email was not directed at anyone personally. It was simply a response
to the observation Srikanth made and from what I glanced from Wikipedia
articles.[1] In the context of linguistics, you will be hard-pressed to
find reliable sources that refer to Indic languages as a generic term for
all
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.comwrote:
factually incorrect .
Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_scripts
The article you refer to lacks proper citations.
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2012/11/14 Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com:
The word 'Indic' itself is a derivative of the word Hindus or Indus
referring to the Indus Valley Civilization, which did not stretch as far as
Deccan India where the Dravidian family of languages have been prevalent.
The distinction between the
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