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In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  Amit Singh: Name in Devnagri Script
I'm exaggerating: no need to blame the entire country - I've only seen this lack of understanding on Slashdot a dozen times, and Slashdot is a very weird phenomenon, although you get used to it.
If I were to write my name in Hindi (using the Devnagri script), it would look as follows:
It is possible to "write" Hindi (and Tamil, Telugu, Chinese and many, many other languages) using T
www.kernelthread.com /miscellaneous/devnagri.html   (113 words)

  
  Indian Languages
India's official language is Hindi in the Devnagri script.
Kannada is the State language of Karnataka and is spoken by 65 percent of the state's population.
Kashmiri is a language written in the Devnagri script and is spoken by 55 percent of the population of Jammu and Kashmir.
library.thinkquest.org /11372/data/language.htm   (703 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Urdu-bigots must be made to understand that Devnagri can in fact reproduce almost every sound known in Urdu, and that the Urdu script is fast dwindling to one used by Muslims in some regions like Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh.
The second, and more important, step to take is to pressurize the ministry of education to include Urdu poetry and prose written in Devnagri in school and college textbooks.
There are many compilations of quotable Urdu couplets which compilers have put together, printed in Devnagri and Roman Urdu, using the English alphabet with their translations in English.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040403/asp/opinion/story_3069806.asp   (989 words)

  
 Simplified Spelling Society : World script.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Since Devnagri is reasonably phonetic, with clear sound-symbol relations, our task becomes easier in the pronunciation part.
In phonetic Devnagri, the extra L in the last word is omitted.
Incidentally, Devnagri is not totally phonetic and often its phonetic quality is not properly used.
www.spellingsociety.org /journals/j2/gogate.php   (1726 words)

  
 Seasons India :: Indian Languages - Hindi, Kannada, Gujarati & Sanskrit Language
is a language written in both Persio-Arabic and Devnagri script and is spoken by 55 percent of the population of Jammu and Kashmir.
Although based on the Devnagri script, it is written in a 16th century script called Gurumukhi, created by the Sikh Guru, Angad.
In Pakistan, the language is written in the Perso-Arabic script, while in India it uses the Devnagri script.
www.seasonsindia.com /art_culture/langmain_sea.htm   (694 words)

  
 Navhind Times on the Web: Opinions
It is a known fact that Dalgado was cent per cent protagonist of Devnagri Konkani.
Not only was he satisfied with the publication of his volume, but he also added many more words at the end of his Portuguese-Konkani lexicon for which he had to get the Devnagri letters moulded in Portugal.
Though everyone working in the field of Devnagri Konkani knew this fact, none has ever publicly mentioned it with the sole aim of not vitiating the already vitiated atmosphere.
www.navhindtimes.com /articles.php?Story_ID=091634   (554 words)

  
 HP Labs India : News and Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The lab has decided, for example, that TV is one of the best mediums to reach out to the masses in emerging economies, he added.
The Devnagri script, one of many scripts used in India, has over 40 basic characters, and some 12 modifiers to the characters that are represented above or below the basic characters.
Most of the currently available input devices for Devnagri script consist of a complex overlay on top of a standard Roman script keyboard with a QWERTY layout, and it is difficult for users to operate, Gupta said.
www.hpl.hp.com /india/press/news_20060308.html   (539 words)

  
 Welcome to Easy Read Urdu!
It amounted to printing Urdu in 'Devnagri.' Since then Urdu, in 'Nastaleeq' or 'Naskh,' is gradually disappearing from the motherland India.
The ideas of printing Urdu in 'Devnagri' or in 'Roman Script' were not appreciated by the Urdu lovers.
The 'Nastaleeq' or 'Naskh' of Urdu surrendered to 'Devnagri' in India, got overthrown in Bangladesh, lost its notability and patronage in Pakistan and, (apparently) is breathing its last during the information age competition on the Internet.
www.easyrecitearabic.org /others/urdu/Background.htm   (1566 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Devnagri Script was used before Britishers took over the rule of Sindh in 1843.
Devnagri script has received success in small number of schools located in the pockets where Sindhis started their new life as refugees.
Sindhis have since scattered all over India and other continents of the world where Sindhi is not taught in either Perso-Arabic or Devnagri script.
yangtze.cs.uiuc.edu /~jamali/sindh/sammelan/04.html   (415 words)

  
 The language ghost haunts again | oHERALDo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Marathi in the State is not official, but they seem to be getting everything along with Devnagri, said Jacob at the packed T B Cunha Hall in the city.
Ninety-five per cent of the Bhaujan Samaj has not come to Konknni and Devnagri instead of uniting has divided Goans, he maintained.
Fr Pratap Naik of Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendra said in the past seven people laid down their lives for Konknni and I would be more than willing to become the eighth martyr.
oheraldo.in /node/16953   (430 words)

  
 2003 October | betterdays
I was surprised to find a statue inscribed in Devnagri script.
Devnagri is used to write some languages like Hindi.
the statue with the inscription in devnagri script.
preetamrai.com /weblog/archives/2003/10   (498 words)

  
 The Konkani Language
It is being made as the official language amidst a lot of disputes over its acceptance.
Hindus use the Devnagri script while Roman Catholics add the Roman accent to the existing Devnagri script.
Although it is widely spoken in Goa, it has a limited use in administration purposes, hence Marathi is made use of for such purposes.
www.goaholidayhomes.com /info/85   (363 words)

  
 Ethnic Indians in Guyana keep alive Hindi despite losing Devnagri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ethnic Indians, who comprise about 43 per cent of the population of Guyana, have kept alive the language of their ancestors, Hindi, though in an innovative manner.
Unable to understand the language in Devnagri script they 'anglicised' it to enjoy 'shlokas' and 'bhajans', they sing with an open heart.
Cassettes and CDs of Hindu incantations as Ramayana, 'Durga sanstuti' and various 'aratis' are easily available in the market.
news.webindia123.com /news/articles/India/20061118/512220.html   (234 words)

  
 Shah, Sachal and Swami
British scholars found the language Sanskritic and said that the Devnagri script would be right for it.
Government servants, many of whom were Hindus, unwisely favoured the Arabic script, since they did not know Devnagri, and had to learn it anew.
Sir Frere, the Commissioner of Sindh, referred the matter to the Court of Directors of the British East India Company, which favoured Arabic on the ground that Muslim names could not be written in Devnagri.
yangtze.cs.uiuc.edu /~jamali/sindh/story/node22.html   (2654 words)

  
 SANIsoft - RtoD Class: Roman to Devnagri transliteration Class   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
SANIsoft - RtoD Class: Roman to Devnagri transliteration Class
It transliterates any Devnagri word into its equivalent Roman.
Please download this class, report bugs, enhance it.
www.sanisoft.com /rtod/index.php3   (318 words)

  
 CHETNAAV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The book, written in Devnagri Kashmiri, is a collection of socio-critical anecdotes and experiences
It is the first published prose work to have come out in Devnagri Kashmiri making it a watershed in the history of Kashmiri Literature.
It may not be out of place to mention here that Shri Pushkar Nath Dhar is the brother of Shri ML Kemmu, the eminent dramatist and Sangeet Natak awardee of Kashmir.
www.koausa.org /OnSale/chetnaav.html   (331 words)

  
 भोजपत्र :: BhojPATRA :: Main page - A Bhojpuri Sansar Initiative popularise the very best UTF ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
To view devnagri characters in word documents or in Notepad or Wordpad you must set your font to
Note that you can switch over from Devnagri / Hindi to Roman/English fonts and vice versa by choosing option given at bottom see next section.
You can switch over from Devnagri / Hindi to Roman/English fonts and vice versa by choosing option as shown below.
www.bhojpatra.net /help.asp   (352 words)

  
 Shree-Lipi : Most Popular Multilingual Software
There are also language special packages, which give more stress on a particular script, while still supporting the other scripts.
These multilingual packages are: Dev Ratna for Hindi and Marathi, Gurjari for Gujarati, Gurumukhi for Punjabi, Banga Ratna for Bengali, Ashamiya Manik for Assamese, Utkal for Oriya, Tamil Vairam for Tamil, Kannada Ratna for Kannada, Telugu Ratna for Telugu, Kairali for Malayalam and DG for Devnagri and Gujarati.
Keyboard handlers for Devnagri (Hindi, Marathi, Konkani), Gujarati, Punjabi, Assamese, Oriya, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Arabic, Russian with many font layouts supported in most of the scripts.
www.modular-infotech.com /html/shreelipi.html   (498 words)

  
 Navhind Times on the Web: Goa
Konkani Ekvott is vehemently opposed to the opinion expressed by the Congress Legislature Party about effecting changes in the Official Language Act, 1987, thereby proposing to accord equal status to Marathi and Konkani in Roman script at par with Konkani in Devnagri script, he stated.
Another demand also asks the Education Department to publish Konkani books written in Roman script for promotion of adult literacy programme in Goa.
Those present on the occasion included protagonists of Konkani in Devnagri script such as Mr Nagesh Karmali, Fr Jaime Couto, Mr Prashant Naik, Mr Jose Lourenço, Mr Arvind Bhatikar and Prof Harishchandra Nagvekar.
www.navhindtimes.com /articles.php?Story_ID=082015   (409 words)

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