[Assam] Oxomiya bhaxar utpotti

[Alpana B. Sarangapani]

About Assamese and Sanskrit - perhaps my memory was clouded due to some mails like the one below, C'da?

 

Thanks for your wishes. We did have a great trip, though I could never leave Assam(Net) for more than a day or so :), but ultimately it's just great to be home. 








  
 From: cmahanta at gmail.com
> To: assam at assamnet.org
> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:53:18 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Assam] Jatiyo Abhidhan
> 
> I agree completely.
> 
> Simplification is always a good move. And we ought not to be 
> apologists for Sanskritic
> ways of pronouncing or spelling Oxomiya words. There is no reason for 
> it.
> The Oxomiya language has come of its own, with contributions of many, 
> including
> the Sanskrit language. But it has no need to pay homage to ways of 
> using the
> language that have long disappeared among its users.
> 
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> 
> On Mar 26, 2010, at 7:41 AM, Rajen Barua wrote:
> 
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > I will have a discussion with Dr Sharma to know more details when 
> > things will setlle down.
> >
> > Dr Sharma did his doctorate under Dr Hiren Gohain who wrote a very 
> > impartial article on the debate on the dictionary.
> >
> >
> >
> > All these Assamese (and Bengali also I think) dictionaries lack 
> > hints for pronunciation like they have in English dictionaries. As a 
> > result many Assamese wrongly think that there are difference of 
> > pronunciation between prothom SO and ditiyo SO, dontiyo TO and 
> > murdhyonio TO, etc. Assamese word spellings are just for the sake of 
> > spellings somewhat like the English language. These have no relation 
> > to actual word pronunciation. I donot think Jatiyo Obhidhan has 
> > incorporated any pronunciation tips either which is what we need. In 
> > Assamese, we take the pronunciation of a word for granted. The 
> > problem arises when some smart Assamese think that we should 
> > pronounce the letters like in Sanskrit or Hindi which Assamese is 
> > not. Dr. Golok Ch Goswami also suggested that Assamese dictionaries 
> > should have pronunciation tips. This is something, a new dictionary 
> > should go for. That will eliminate lot of confusion.
> >
> >
> > It is pathetic that the university students are burning the 
> > dictionary instead of coming up with constructive suggestions.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rajen Barua
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:24:29 +0530
> >> From: uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in
> >> To: assam at assamnet.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Assam] Jatiyo Abhidhan
> >>
> >> Rajen Da,
> >>
> >> I find your views on the above subject very reasonable. I would 
> >> like to hear
> >> more from you on this to remain impartial academically.
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