Topic started by Mahavir (@ 61.11.18.38) on Fri May 16 12:43:25 .
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In India there are many major languages and almost each of them has a separate script. If there is a single script for all Indian languages, it will be easy to everybody to learn, use and read/write in other languages. For instance, my mother tongue is Marathi, I can understand Gujarathi, Kannad and Punjabi. But I cannot read books in these three languages as each of them has separate script. Marathi is written in Devnagari script and that is the script of Hindi language also, so I can read and write Hindi very well just because I know the script.

But all Indian scripts are not useful in this modern technology age. So we should adopt Roman script. Our scripts cannot save our languages.

What do you think about this?

Mahavir

Responses:

• From: Karuvayan (@ cs6668187-168.austin.rr.com) on: Fri May 16 13:55:01 EDT 2003
  
  The Japanese and chinese still use their own scripts. And moreover, those scripts are better suited for computer recognition than the Roman script. Turkey adopted the Roman script under Ataturk, but really has not progressed as far as western Europe has.
  
  
• From: Sadat (@ host217-44-123-115.range217-44.btcentralplus.com) on: Tue May 27 18:46:39 EDT 2003
  
  This is just an excuse to enslave Asians under Europe.
  
  
• From: Madurai Veeran (@ adsl-64-171-26-35.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net) on: Tue May 27 20:07:21 EDT 2003
  
  A more practical approach would be to expand Devanagiri script to accomodate the missing Tamil alphabets. This would obviate the need for Romanizing Indian alphabets.
  
  Any Tamil publication of interest to northerners can be published in Tamil and Devanagiri alphabets.
  
  
• From: Ravindra magdum (@ ) on: Sun Jun 13 07:05:38
  
  We can fix up all Indian languages by using common script. Which will ease all the foreign tourist problem and domestic tourist.
  
  

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