FIFTY YEARS OF LANGUAGE PLANNING FOR MODERN HINDI The Official Language of India 1. ABSTRACT Hindi - according to the 1991 Census of India‚ is the mother tongue of 233‚432‚285 persons (22% of the entire Indian population)‚ and is spoken as a language (which includes 47 or so mother tongues cobbled up under it) by 337‚272‚114 persons (42.22% of the entire Indian population). It is also used as a second language by another 6.16% of the population‚ and as a third language by yet another 2.60% by
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Bibliography: of Konkani Literature in Devanagari‚ Roman and Kannada characters (1963).[4][14] In February 1987‚ the Goa Legislative Assembly had passed the Official Language Bill making Konkani the Official Language of Goa.[15] The struggle ended in 1992‚ when Konkani was included in the Eighth
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Vikram Seth signing autographs at Bangla Academy‚ Dhaka on 17 November 2012 | Born | 20 June 1952 (age 61) Kolkata‚ India | Occupation | Novelist‚ poet | Nationality | Indian | Alma mater | The Doon School Corpus Christi College‚ Oxford Stanford University | Genres | novels‚ poetry‚ libretto‚ travel writing‚ children ’s literature‚ biography/memoir | Notable work(s) | A Suitable Boy The Golden Gate An Equal Music A Suitable Girl | -------------------------------------------------
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Schwa In linguistics‚ specifically phonetics and phonology‚ schwa (sometimes spelled shwa) refers to the mid-central vowel sound (rounded or unrounded) in the middle of the vowel chart‚ denoted by the IPA symbol ə‚ or another vowel sound close to that position. An example in English is the vowel sound in the ’a’ of the word ’about’. Schwa in English is mainly found in unstressed positions‚ but in some other languages it occurs more frequently as a stressed vowel. In relation to certain languages
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India‚ with India highlighted. Area controlled by India shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shown in light green. Capital New Delhi 28°36.8′N 77°12.5′E Largest city Mumbai Official languages Hindi English Hindi in the Devanagari script is the official language of the Union. English is an additional co-official language for Government work.[1][4] Recognised regional languages 8th Schedule Assamese Bengali Bodo Dogri Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili
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the exact origins of the fijian people are unknown‚905‚949 is the population of all of the archipelago islands of fiji.they speak english and Hindi in fiji the most popular language spoken there is hindi‚ hindi is - A form of hindustani written in devanagari and with many loanwords from sanskrit‚ an official language of india and most widely spoken language of northern
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"Toba Tek Singh" is surely the most famous story about Partition‚ and very possibly the best one. I’d argue that it is in fact the best‚ and that most of the other good candidates are also by Manto. This story was one of his last ones; it was published in "Phundne" (Lahore: Maktabah-e Jadid) in 1955‚ the year of his death. The story is told by a reliable but not omniscient narrator who speaks as a Pakistani‚ and seems to be a Lahori. The narration is for the most part so straightforward that the
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classical antiquity‚ Ayurveda has historically taken the approach of enumerating bodily substances in the framework of the five classical elements (Sanskrit [maha]panchabhuta [‚ earth water‚ fire‚ air and aether)‚ considering the seven "tissues" dhātu (Devanāgarī: saptadhatu सप्तधातु of plasma (rasa dhātu)‚ blood (rakta dhātu)‚ flesh (māṃsa dhātu)‚ adipose (medha dhātu)‚ bone (asthi dhātu)‚ marrow (majja dhātu)‚ and reproductive (śukra dhātu).[11] Ayurveda stresses a balance of three elemental substances
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“VALMIKI MAHARSHI” Valmiki’s real name was Ratnakara. He was the son of Prachetasa‚ a sage. by profession. Before this Valmiki was a robber Later with the teachings of Maharshi Narada he became a Rushi. What is Valmiki - Valmika in Devanagari means “ant- hill” Once when he was a very young boy‚ he had gone to the forest playing and was lost in the forest. His parents An searched for him but could not trace him. They thought that the boy has been eaten by some wild animals. hunter and his
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Ravindra Kelekar From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Ravindra Kelekar Born March 25‚ 1925 [1] Cuncolim‚ Goa‚ India Died August 27‚ 2010 (aged 85) Margao‚ Goa‚ India Resting place Priol‚ Goa‚ India[2] Occupation freedom fighter‚ activist‚ linguistic activist‚ poet‚ author Language Konkani Ethnicity Konkani Ravindra Kelekar (March 25‚ 1925 – August 27‚ 2010) was a noted Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language‚ though he also wrote
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