Author: Prabhakar Maachave
Editor(s): Prabhakar Machwe
Publisher: Diamond
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 136
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171821626
Description
India has several languages. Knowledge of one more Indian language than one’s own mother-tongue is an additional qualification Selected sentences from 15 languages are given in this book. Meanings are given in Hindi and English. Every sentence is spelt in Davenagari and Roman script, so thqt every one may be profited. This book would be useful for one who knows Hindi or English.
Patronage received by this book confirms that there is a growing demand throughout the country to have easy, handy phrase-books for better parlance and communication between different speakers of regional and other languages.
Languages are a help, they can also be hindrance. They are a binding and a barrier, they are bridges as well as blind spots. It is how one takes them. Everyone cannot be linguist or a polyglot, still less a philologis, But what is within the reach of a common citizen should be done. . The approach should be rational and scientific pragmetic and functional. Knowledge of one more Indian language than one’s own mother-tongue is an additional qualification and an asset in intercommunication in our multi-lingual situation.
Contents
Linguistic Variations in India
Script of Each Language
Sentences in Various Languages of India
Assamese
Bengali
Oriya
Telugu
Tamil
Kannada
Malayalam
Marathi
Gujarati
Sindhi
Kashmiri
Punjabi
Urdu