[Fsf-friends] Languages of India
Raman.P
raamanp@yahoo.co.in
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 04:51:07 +0000 (GMT)
But why do hindi prachar here. Please tell us what you
are trying to convey to free sofware community.
Raman.P
--- Kanti Jadia <j_kanti@rediffmail.com> wrote: > Hi,
>
> There are around 18 languages recognized by the
> Indian
> Constitution. These languages are
>
> 1. Assamese
> 2. Bengali
> 3. Gujrati
> 4. Hindi
> 5. Kannada
> 6. Kashmiri
> 7. Konkani
> 8. Malyalam
> 9. Manipuri
> 10. Marathi
> 11. Nepali
> 12. Oriya
> 13. Punjabi
> 14. Sanskrit
> 15. Sindhi
> 16. Tamil
> 17. Telgu
> 18. Urdu
>
> Hindi is the national, official and main link
> language of India.
> Its homeland is mainly in the north of India, but it
> is spoken and
> widely understood in all urban centers of India. It
> is written in
> the Devanagri script, which is phonetic and, unlike
> English, is
> pronounced as it is written. Hindi is a direct
> descendant of
> Sanskrit through Prakrit and Apabhramsha. It has
> been influenced
> and enriched by Dravidian, Turkish, Farsi, Arabic,
> Portugese and
> English. It is a very expressive language. In poetry
> and songs, it
> can convey emotions using simple and gentle words.
> It can also be
> used for exact and rational reasoning.
>
>
>
> URL: http://indiaimage.nic.in/languages.htm
>
>
>
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