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----- Original Message -----
From: "floriano"
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Konkani in Devnagiri script will kill Konkani
> >Wake up you guys. Let Konkani be included in the Official Language Act
>> without any reference to script if you really want Unity among Goans.
>
> Goa su-Raj Party will move immediately to remove Devnagiri specific clause
> from the Official Language of the State of Goa.
>
> It is the most sensible thing to do, without displaying emotions. Those who
> do not agree do not have place in GOA.
> Let the Language KONKANI flourish in any script whatsoever. It will still be
> KONKANI.
>
> We thank Mr. Tony D'Sa for this especial enlightenment.
> If the language of the state cannot unite the people of the state, then
> nothing will. Any effort to do so without Konkani, it will be exercises in
> futility.
>
> Cheers
> floriano.lobo@gmail.com
> from PPS to PPS
> The Battle at Kruger
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM
> 9890470896
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony de Sa"
To: "Goa's Premiere Mailing List, Estd 1994"
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Konkani in Devnagiri script will kill Konkani
> Re: Konkani in Devnagiri script will kill Konkani (Camillo Fernandes)
>
> Konkani in the Devnagri/ Romi script has evoked strong emotions among the
> Goanetters.
>
> There is a need to look at the whole issue in a balanced manner.
>
>>It would nice to know whether he and his family members are learning
> Devanagri script and whether they use and write it. I assume that all his
> family members have opted to learn this script rather than the universal and
> most accepted Roman script.
>
> Mr. Fernandes, at a certain point in time, the Goan child had no choice but
> to opt for Konkani in the Devnagri script. This was thrust upon the Goan
> populace by machinations of the politicians. We were told that the
> Government would fully support the students in studying Konkani. Language
> labs would be set up and modern methodology including computers would be
> used to teach children Konkani. All this remained fool's gold. We were
> bluffed lock, stock and barrel. The reason given for teaching primary
> students in Konkani was touted to be pedagogical, given the principle that
> children form concepts best in their own mother tongue. Fair and good. But
> the very concept of mother tongue needs redefining in these days of
> shrinking global boundaries. Then again, this is very well when there is no
> shift in the medium of instruction as there is in Goa.
>
> What a shame when the Official language cell cannot even provide Devnagri
> software to schools to promote Konkani!
>
> The greatest loser in this whole game has been the Catholic Goan student. He
> is neither here nor there. Goans were dangled carrots in the form of jobs
> for those who know Konkani. I have second generation non-Goan friends who
> would put quite a few Goans to shame when it comes to speaking Konkani with
> the most meticulous accent. I have yet to hear of a Catholic Goan who landed
> a Government job because of Konkani. A fair amount of blame for this
> situation must also fall on the Diocesan Society of Education for succumbing
> to Government pressure against the interests of the very students it is
> supposed to protect.
>
> The biggest detractor against Konkani in the Roman Script could be that the
> spelling is not rendered as accurately as in the Devnagri script which is
> phonetic. But this can be standardized. There are other asiatic communities
> in South East Asia which use the Roman script. For example Bhasa Indonesia.
> Konkani in the Devnagri script was supposed to bring about uniformity in a
> language which varies by the kilometre from Pernem to Canacona. What it has
> done, often unwittingly through the agency of the Catholic church, is to
> import words from Sanskrit, Marathi and other languages. All this is
> bewildering to the common man. I have found in my many, many years of
> teaching in Goa, Catholic students generally (not necessarily as a rule)
> find the Devanagari script difficult and this affects their performance not
> only in Konkani but in Marathi and Hindi.
>
> Unfortunately, the Konkani which is being taught in the schools today is not
> the Konkani I (and many others like me) speak.
> I say 'ponnos', the children are taught 'fanas' for jackfruit. I say
> 'ouduvo' for yellow, but the children are taught 'pachvo' and one could go
> on and on,
>
> Let us not be paranoid. During the 450 years of Portuguese rule, it was
> mostly Konkani written in the Roman script that helped the language to
> survive. To deny that is to deny history. Unfortunately, the stalwarts of
> Konkani seem to be divided vertically into the Devnagri and the Romi camps
> and the way things are going, it seems never the twain shall meet.
>
> Wake up you guys. Let Konkani be included in the Official Language Act
> without any reference to script if you really want Unity among Goans.
>
> The inherent difficulties of the Devnagri script has been pushing Catholic
> students towards English educaton. This surely will kill Konkani.
>
>
> --
> \\\
> Tony de Sa
> tonydesa@gmail.com
> M : +91 9975 162 897
> Ph. : +91 832 2470 148
>
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