#Indian languages

[conservethis]

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I was familiar with palm leaf manuscripts but I’d never considered how the material proprieties of the palm leaf support might have influenced the scripts themselves! Neat !

[desigrrrl]

List of Telugu learning Resources

Writing

Script: about, history and development, impact of writing tools in its evolution

Alphabet: multibhashi, wikipedia, wikibooks, edzym

Reading

Textbook: intensive course (archive.org), ncert school books, ap scert school books, ts scert school books, hindi-telugu praimaru, grammar (written in telugu)

Prose: kids’ stories, stories, collected manuscripts, parikini, soundaryalahari, barrister parvateesam, history, translated quran,

Poetry: kinnerasani patalu, movie songs book, maha prasthanam, tyagaraja kirtanalu

Blog/Misc: chandamama kathalu magazine, kavithalu, saaranga magazine, hasam magazine, bharati magazine, swathi weekly, sakshi news

Dictionaries: andhrabharati, tel-eng by sankaranarayana, eng-tel by venkatacharyulu, tel-eng by percival, tel-sans, hin-tel.

Vocabulary

MyLanguages

MeaningInHindi

1000MostCommonWords

proverbs: sametalu (written in telugu)

Grammar

malik’s absolutely goated guide

praveen ragi

vakyam (written in telugu)

Apps

Mango

Multibhashi (android)

HelloTalk

Dasubhashitam (android)

Learn Spoken Telugu From English (android)

Websites

Languages Home

Goethe-Verlag

LearningTelugu

Learn 101

Desi Bantu

YouTube - Native

Telugu teachers: telugu vanam, teach me telugu, pr learning hub,

Beginner level/Kids content: koo koo tv, jum jum tv, paa paa tv, horror planet

General: permit room, sumakka, chai bisket, naa anveshana, my vilage show, ragadi, chitra alochana, thyview, mahathalli, vikramaditya, yevarra meerantha, aye jude, dhethadi, chari not sorry

YouTube - Learners

Mexico: Christina

USA: Kari, Isaac Richards, Manasa (Danya), Omar Crockett

Italy: Franchesca /Telugutalian

Denmark: BigAReact

Poland: Zbigsbujji Chetlur

Sweden: Karl Svanberg

Online Keyboards

lexilogos

typingbaba

branah

gate2home

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Idk why Indians have to fight about which is the oldest spoken language till date- Sanskrit or Tamil.

Just celebrate the fact that both of these languages are from India. So no matter whichever one it is, it's still of Indian origin! That's all that should matter.

[survivetoread]

Do you agree with the popular conclusion in western linguistics that vowel length is not phonemic in modern Marathi (even if it’s indicated in writing)? I went to Maharashtra for the first time during my last visit to India and I did notice that vowel length was a lot more ambiguous than I expected in all cases, but especially in the distinction between अ and आ. But the mutual intelligibility between Maharashtrian Marathi and my dialect, Thanjavur Marathi, is not great, so wtf do I know

This sounds like one of those things that we don't really pay attention to as native speakers, but would be very important for someone learning the language!

However, I do think that there is plenty of ambiguity between short and long vowels, especially इ/ई and उ/ऊ. The example that comes to mind for me is that the -वू suffix in Marathi, where say धावू नकोस is pronounced closer to धाउ नकोस.

I can't say I've noticed an ambiguity between अ and आ though. I think some examples might help there.

I'm no linguist, but this was a really cool ask! Thank you!

[a-fox-studies]

August 12, 2024 • Monday

I perfected myself in the Tamil alphabet and then moved on to writing articles from newspapers for practice. I took almost 30 minutes to read and write this. But I'm hoping to get better in the future! :)

🎧 In Between — James Marriott

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Live reaction of me when I understand how something works in the Hindi language

[fishyyyyy99]

You know that episode in The Big Bang Theory in which Bernadette and Raj do a parody of an Indian dance number? The lyrics do sound ridiculous . . . in English. That's the thing. I don't know why, but Indian song lyrics that sound absolutely bizarre when translated to English, sound perfectly normal, nay beautiful, in the original Indian versions of the songs. I guess Indian languages just carry the hyperboles and metaphors with a certain elegance.

P. S. When I say Indian languages, I don't necessarily mean that they are spoken only by Indians or by people of Indian origin.

[bongboyblog]

Bengali word of the day: জীবন(jībon)

English: life

Etymology: From Sanskrit জীৱন (jīvana), জীৱ্‌ (jīv) +‎ -অন (-ana) - vivifying, giving life, enlivening

Example: সে এক নতুন জীবন খুঁজে পেয়েছে।

se æk notun jibon khu~je pe'eche.

Translate: She has found a new life.

[vedicsanatanrahasya]

संस्कृत ही मूल जननी भाषा है

वैदिक संस्कृत 2000 ईसा पूर्व से 600 ईसा पूर्व तक बोली जाने वाली आर्य भाषा थी। इस भाषा से हिंद- ईरानी भाषा का जन्म हुआ/(मध्य एशिया की भाषा) । इसी ईरानी भाषा से अवस्तई फारसी का जन्म हुआ। 18वी और 19वी शताब्दी मे पश्चिम विद्वानो की नज़र इस संस्कृत फारसी भाषा और लिपि पर पड़ी। उन्होंने अनुभव किया की उच्चारण और व्याकरंण दृष्टि से संस्कृत सर्वश्रेष्ठ है तो बहुत से शब्द अंग्रेजी के इन्होंने अंगीकार कर लिए। आइये हम आज संक्षेप मे जानते है की मध्य एशिया और यूरोप के अनेक शब्द संस्कृत से उठाये गए है, किंतु बोलचाल और उच्चारण की हेरफेर लिपि भिन्नता की वजह से हमे ये अलग प्रतीत होते है। आरंभ करते है, सृष्टि के निर्माण समय से, और माना जाता है हम सब मनु की संतान है। मनु से मानव, मानव से man बना। इसी तरह से हमारे जन्म का कारण पिता और माता है। पिता को संस्कृत मे पितृ कहते है यही पिता शब्द मध्य एशिया तक पंहुच के peder बना जो यूरोप तक जाकर father बना। कुछ यूँही माता के मूल शब्द मातृ से meder फिर mother बना। यँहा एक रोचक जानकारी साझा करना चाहूंगा की आजकल एक जगह से दूसरी जगह जाने के लिए हम google map की मदद से navigate करते है। यह navigate प्राचीन संस्कृत शब्द नवगति से व्युत्पन है। जिसका अर्थ है दिकचालन यानी एक जगह से दूसरी जगह जाने की योजना और प्रबंधन। कुछ अन्य शब्द :- खाट - cot चूड़ी - bangle (चूड़ी को बांग्ला मे बंगली कहते है) डकैत -dacoit चंपू - shampoo ( चंपी मसा��) नारंग - orange चिठ्ठी - chit जगन्नाथ - juggernaut ( एक बड़ा ढोयें जाने वाला ढांचा जैसे रथ)

मित्रो वैसे तो हजारो ऐसे शब्द जिन्हें लिखने बैठे तो लेख बहुत बड़ा हो जायेगा। हमारा उद्देश्य तो वैदिक धर्म और संस्कृत के बारे मे जागरुक करना और बताना है की प्राचीन भारतीय सनातन कितना समृद्ध और वैज्ञानिक रहा है । इसी वृक्ष से अन्य शाखाए पनपी है। 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[mannbhaavnii]

𑚌𑚰𑚥𑚭𑚠𑚲 𑚤𑚯 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚌𑚭 𑚊𑚯 𑚊𑚲𑚤𑚶𑚝𑚯,

𑚆 𑚙𑚭 𑚠𑚭𑚧𑚶𑚙 𑚤𑚭 𑚞𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚧𑚭।

𑚑𑚲 𑚙𑚰𑚩𑚲 𑚔𑚴𑚊𑚤𑚰 𑚡𑚵𑚤𑚲,

𑚙𑚳𑚠𑚲 𑚩𑚮𑚤𑚸 𑚨𑚭 𑚊𑚰𑚩𑚯𑚣𑚲 𑚤𑚯 𑚁𑚧𑚭।

— mannbhaavnii. 🥀

Translation:

What praise should be done of roses,

They are the light of spring.

If you fill baskets of red roses,

The white rose’s only hope is jealousy.

[sulfurousmirrorscapes]

you seem well versed in marathi language, can you recommend me modern day books in marathi that i can enjoy? i don't mind the genre but I'm a teenager so most of the marathi literature is hard to pick up for me (although i respect it immensely) i believe literature, music and active pop culture is the best way to promote a langauge rather than giving speeches at political venues. I'd like to read more of your own work as well because i saw a post and it was amazing! it's fine if you can't recommend anything too!

p.s. i love your language blog

I don't know enough about Marathi literature to recommend you anything!

I think the closest I know is Cobalt Blue by Sachin Kundalkar, who also directed its film adaptation. It's about a brother and a sister who fall in love with the same man, and it was released in 2013.

You're absolutely right about pop culture being the best way to promote a language, and I wish Marathi had a more active diverse pop culture scene. Maybe in time? I'd love to help in any way I can!

Thank you so much for your kind words about Survive to Read! You can read more of my literature over at Sulfurous Dreamscapes and its associated substack Sulfur Dreams!

Thank you so much for sending me this! ❤️

[desigrrrl]

learning languages is much easier when you love to read.

a reader naturally fills in words they don’t understand within a sentence they understand. learning languages requires you to do a lot of the same.

wanting to read something in its original language is the greatest motivation to learn said language.

the curious nature in you gets encouraged as a reader, and rewarded even more as a language learner.

all of this to say:

if you can’t find the time to work towards your target language, just reading in general and keeping that excitement in you to learn and have fun helps until you get the chance to develop your language skills.

[h0bg0blin-meat]

The struggle of explaining the pronunciation of these three fuckers to other Indo-Aryan language speakers is real...

[survivetoread]

Marathi Vocabulary - Indian General Elections

Nouns

भारत [bhārat] - India (m.)

लोकशाही [lokśahī] - democracy (f.)

हुकुमशाही [hukumśāhī] - dictatorship (f.)

राजकारणी [rājkārṇī] - politician (m.)

नेता [neta] - leader (colloquially, politician) (m.)

जनता [janatā] - public, people (f.)

पक्ष [pakṣa] - party, faction (m.)

नेतृत्व [netṛtva] - leadership (n.)

युती [yutī] - alliance (f.)

राष्ट्र [rāṣtra] - nation, state (m.)

निवडणूक [nivaḍṇūk] - election (f.)

आयोग [āyog] - commission (m.)

मतदान [matadān] - voting (n.)

मतदार [matadār] - voter (m.)

मतदारसंघ [matadārsaṅgha] - constituency (m.)

मत [mat] - vote (n.)

निकाल [nikāl] - result, results (m.)

मोजणी [mozṇī] - counting (f.)

विजय [vijay] - victory (m.)

पराभव [parābhav] - defeat (m.)

संसद [saṅsad] - parliament (n.)

लोकसभा [loksabhā] - Lok Sabha (The Lower House of Parliament) (f.)

खासदार [khāsdār] - member of parliament (m.)

उमेदवार [umedvār] - candidate (m.)

प्रतिनिधी [pratinidhī] - representative (m.)

मंत्री [maṅtrī] - minister (m.)

पंतप्रधान [paṅtapradhān] - prime minister (m.)

धर्मनिरपेक्षता [dharmanirapekṣatā] - secularism (f.)

समाजवाद [samājvād] - socialism (m.)

राष्ट्रवाद [rāṣtravād] - nationalism (m.)

साम्यवाद [sāmyavād] - communism (m.)

सरकार [sarkār] - government (n.)

शासन [śāsan] - administration (n.)

विकास [vikās] - development (m.)

प्रगती [pragatī] - progress (f.)

आघाडी [āghāḍī] - front, forefront (f.)

सेना [sena] - army, armed force (f.)

Adjectives

भारतीय [bhāratīya] - Indian

राष्ट्रीय [rāṣtrīya] - national

विजयी [vijayī] - victorious

समाजवादी [samājvādī] - socialist

राष्ट्रवादी [rāṣtravādī] - nationalist

साम्यवादी [sāmyavādī] - communist

Verbs

जिंकणे [jiṅkṇe] - to win

हरणे [harṇe] - to lose

मोजणे [mozṇe] - to count

निवडणे [nivaḍṇe] - to choose, to elect

मतदान करणे [matadān karṇe] - to vote

-ला मत देणे [-lā mat deṇe] - to vote for

निवडून येणे [nivaḍūn yeṇe] - to be elected

घोषित करणे [ghoṣit karṇe] - to announce

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yeah i love hindi and stuff

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