04-07-2007, 08:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-07-2007, 09:12 PM by Bharatvarsh.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->- Several times, pure Indic languages is a matter of ridicule. Not just in films but in real life. Try saying, "vichar-vimarsha" (discussion/exchange of views) in Delhi and see how people react. In films, purish Hindi is spoken by the comic characters, and is a matter of laughter. (Contrast to the movies of Amol Palekar era, where leads spoke good Hindi). I am not sure if the same situation exists in cinema of South.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's the same, in todays Telugu movies they won't come out with a single sentence without an English word in there if the movie is in urban setting even when there are perfectly good native words like mitrudu/snehitudu for friend or santosham/anandam for happy. I realised only recently and have started reorienting myself towards shudh Telugu, thankfully most of the shudh Telugu words are in common usage among villagers so there isn't much ridicule unless it's very rare words like grandhalayam for library or vaidyasala for hospital.
But I have no doubt that at this rate the doom of Indian languages is not very far off, there is no development at all in the languages just passive adoption of English words, how come there is no committee appointed for these languages to see if they can come up with native equivalents (using Sanskrit as the base) for new technology like computer, internet and so on.
Till 1800's Hindus sucked up to Persian or Urdu, now they suck up to English, the languages will only survive as long as rural India does not adopt Hinglish, Tenglish (Telugu+English) and so on.
A lot of elite Indians are wannabe cool yaar types, most can't even speak proper English and will be made fun of if they talk like that in N.America but they put in more English words in Telugu than me even though I can speak English without any accent, that's the funny thing, the impression I get (of my own parents included) is that they know neither language but seem to think they will become polygots by mixing English with Telugu and speaking Tenglish, speak your mother tongue like it is supposed to be spoken, that's the biggest favor these English educated Indians can do for themselves cuz when I hear stuff like "tu believe karta?" instead of "tu vishwas karta?" I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
It's the same, in todays Telugu movies they won't come out with a single sentence without an English word in there if the movie is in urban setting even when there are perfectly good native words like mitrudu/snehitudu for friend or santosham/anandam for happy. I realised only recently and have started reorienting myself towards shudh Telugu, thankfully most of the shudh Telugu words are in common usage among villagers so there isn't much ridicule unless it's very rare words like grandhalayam for library or vaidyasala for hospital.
But I have no doubt that at this rate the doom of Indian languages is not very far off, there is no development at all in the languages just passive adoption of English words, how come there is no committee appointed for these languages to see if they can come up with native equivalents (using Sanskrit as the base) for new technology like computer, internet and so on.
Till 1800's Hindus sucked up to Persian or Urdu, now they suck up to English, the languages will only survive as long as rural India does not adopt Hinglish, Tenglish (Telugu+English) and so on.
A lot of elite Indians are wannabe cool yaar types, most can't even speak proper English and will be made fun of if they talk like that in N.America but they put in more English words in Telugu than me even though I can speak English without any accent, that's the funny thing, the impression I get (of my own parents included) is that they know neither language but seem to think they will become polygots by mixing English with Telugu and speaking Tenglish, speak your mother tongue like it is supposed to be spoken, that's the biggest favor these English educated Indians can do for themselves cuz when I hear stuff like "tu believe karta?" instead of "tu vishwas karta?" I don't know whether to laugh or cry.