[Assam] Happy New Year 2010 from XOBDO (Online Dictionary of the Languages of the North-East of India)

[Buljit Buragohain]

Dear All,

Wishing you  and your family a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2010. 


Thank You

Buljit Buragohain

On Behalf of Xobdo 

http://xobdo.net/


XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

         XOBDO (Online Dictionary of the Languages of the North-East of India) is the brainchild of Bikram M Baruah. He is the co-ordinator of
XOBDO.He is  a petroleum engineer now based in Abu Dhabi. 

There are 1352 members in Xobdo.
Some of the
active members of XOBDO  are Biraj
Kumar Kakati,Anjal Borah, Anjali Sonowal ,Partha P Sarmah,Pallav
Saikia, Rupankar Mahanta , PriyankooSharma ,Rupkamal Talukdar,Prasanta
Borah ,Atul Ch. Kakoti ,  Neelotpal Deka , Prasenjit Khanikar ,Ranjita
Pegu,Swapnita Kakati ,Rubul Mout,Himjyoti Talukdar,Prabin
Kakati,Archana Rajbongshi ,Pankaj Borah,Rituraj Saikia,Rajib Kumar
Dutta,Buljit Buragohain,Mousumi Hazarika,Dr (Mrs) Krishna Barua,Papori
Gogoi,Sudipta Kumar Gogoi,Abdul Wahab,Nava Kumar Boro,Morningkeey
Phangcho,Anuj J Phonglosa,Banlambha Warjri,Bonnie Debbarma,Joyshree
Sutradhar, Judith Keivom,Kulendra Daulagupu,Lalremthang Hmar,Mohen
Naorem,Nwgwt Gwra Brahma,Debojeet Thaosen, Temsunungsang T,Uttam
Bathari,Uttam Pegu,Ven. Pragya Jyoti,Pranab Doley,Benjamin Kaman etc.

  
We need more volunteers on NE languages like Dimasa,Karbi,Meeteilon,Tai,Bodo,,Hmar,Khasi,Mising,Kok- Borok,Bishnupriya,Nagamese, Mizo (Lushai),Garo,Chakma,Apatani, Ao,Monpa,Kaubru (Reang) etc.





Till 31.12.2009  following are the no of words in the  Online Dictionary.

Assamese = 24465

English = 12849

Dimasa = 2726


Karbi = 1395

Meeteilon = 932

Tai = 915

Bodo = 825

Hmar = 632

Khasi = 405

Mising = 366

Kok-Borok = 306

Bishnupriya = 233

Nagamese = 138

Mizo (Lushai) = 120

Garo = 117

Chakma = 87

Apatani = 75

Ao = 73

Monpa = 18

Kaubru (Reang) = 0





Xobdo was born 10th March 2006. This web-site was inaugurated on  14th April 2006.

   


XOBDO Entry Categories:

 ├ Art and Culture (41)
 │ ├ Cuisine (22)
 │ ├ Customs (5)
 │ ├ Festival (17)
 │ ├ Handicraft (6)
 │ ├ Historial (4)
 │ ├ Literature (25)

 │ ├ Performing Art (3)







 │ │ ├ Cinema (3)
 │ │ ├ Drama (5)
 │ │ └ Music (24)
 │ ├ Religious-Mythological (46)
 │ ├ Textile (8)
 │ └ Visual Art (2)
 ├ Business-Commerce-Economics (21)
 ├ Game and Sports (13)
 ├ Legal (7)








 ├ Personalities (19)
 ├ Political Science (11)
 └ Science and Technology
   ├ Biology (28)
   │ ├ Anatomy (69)
   │ ├ Botany (9)
   │ │ ├ Flower (15)
   │ │ ├ Fruit-Vegetable-Spices (79)
   │ │ ├ Plant-Creeper (54)








   │ │ └ Tree (13)
   │ ├ Medical Science (33)
   │ ├ Microbes (2)
   │ └ Zoology (7)
   │   ├ Animal (47)
   │   ├ Bird (73)
   │   ├ Fish (22)
   │   ├ Insect-Worm (36)
   │   └ Reptile (20)







   ├ Chemistry (43)

   ├ Geology (27)
   │ ├ Hill-Mountain (2)
   │ ├ Lake
   │ ├ Place (30)
   │ ├ River (6)
   │ └ Sea-Ocean (1)
   ├ Language-Linguistics (24)
   ├ Mathematics (84)
   ├ Physics (56)
   ├ Statistics (2)








   └ Technology-Engineering (15)
     └ Computer Science (7)

There are 216 Fokora Jo`jonas in Xobdo.

The no of visitor the dictionary till 31.12.2009 is  98025.








The  Dictionary website uses UNICODE characters .


There is "Paragraph Analyzer", where quickly identify words still not in our database.

 
XOBDO  ( www.xobdo.net)
is your dictionary.You can add words, challenge them and thus decide
its destiny. Just initiate a discussion or post your view  point on any
of the ACTIVE discussions about the correctness of the spellings and
their meanings. At the end of the discussion, your view   point will be
taken into considerations to update the dictionary entries.  















 What is Xobdo?

'XOBDO' (means sound or word
in Assamese) is a non-profit organization formed with a group of
volunteers located in various parts of the globe with the common
interest of promoting the languages of the North-East India in the
cyberworld. Members of Xobdo are voluntarily collaborating to construct
and maintain this website.
















In March, 2006 the Xobdo team began working on the online English
and Assamese bidirectional dictionary. Currently, Xobdo has a number of
North-Eastern languages included in its dictionary.

How can you help Xobdo?
















If you speak any of the languages listed on the Xobdo homepage, you
can help us by contributing words of your language. Registering
yourself at Xobdo is free and easy. Once you are registered you can
start adding words from your language. Moreover, if you speak any of
the North-Eastern languages not listed at Xobdo and still you want to
build an online dictionary, you can contact us and we will be happy to
help you.




























































































VISION :

(a) To demolish the man-made language
barrier and thereby fuel mutual understanding and cooperation among the
people of the entire North-East India.

(b) Bring the languages of the North-East to the fore-front of the Information Technology age., 
















MISSION :

Cooperate constructively with all possible
quarters to build multilingual dictionaries and other linguistic
resources to strive to materialize the visions.


GENERAL POLICY (for Online Dictionary),
















(a) XOBDO attempts to capture the languages as they are used (i.e.
spoken, written and understood) today in their original forms. It does
not attempt to enforce or express its own viewpoint about any spelling
or semantics to be right or wrong.,
















 (b) Therefore, XOBDO does not want to follow any specific
dictionary or any glossary/word-list published by any authority or
entity; neither it accepts opinions of any expert. Rather, it considers
the present-day meaning to be the standard as it is evidenced in
‘contemporary use’ i.e., i) Appear in renowned newspapers, magazines or
the writings of well known authors and journalists, ii) Extensively
used (spoken or written) in special fields or areas like judicial
courts, govt. offices, religious institutes, traditional functions
etc., 
















(c) XOBDO also attempts to record the languages as they were used in the past.,

 (d)
XOBDO is not in the business of inventing or coining new words. Any
word proposed to be added in XOBDO must have ‘contemporary use’ as
explained above. In case of a new word coined recently, XOBDO will not
add it unless it appears in at least one renowned newspaper or
magazine., 
















(e) Anybody can become member and contribute words to the
dictionary. He/she can also challenge the spellings or meanings
entered. Through discussions with other members of XOBDO a consensus
decision has to be taken within a reasonable time frame and the entry
has to be updated accordingly., 
















(f) Writing System: The following standard script has been adopted by XOBDO:,

   (i) English, Khasi, Karbi, Dimasa, Mising, Meeteilon, Nagamese, Ao and Apatani will be    written in ROMAN scripts,

  (ii) Assamese, Tai & Bishnupriya will be written in Eastern Nagari scripts., 

























  (iii) Bodo will be written in Devnagari scripts .



      The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/