Originally posted by: RainOfDew
Yeah i know that.. but before India was named by Britishers it was Bhaarat.. original name of our country.. its not some new name being given
Mizo or Munda or Axomiya people existed before the Britishers came tho, their languages existed before English was introduced in Bharat in the 1600s. Therefore, I say let's make the Munda or Mizo term for India the official name of our republic.
Surely the colonisers can learn to say Mizo or Munda phonetics like we learned their language!
Also, while we are at it, words like हफ्ता should be stricken from the Hindi language and officially replaced with सप्त:.
It is the result of the same westernised sound change that led to Vedic Sanskrit सिंध —> हिंद —> Indica in Indo-Bactrian Greek. Tbh, the blame lies with Ashoka for having such a vast empire that streched from Greek speaking areas as well as Magadhiya Prakrit speaking tracts. If only he hadn't comissioned his Edicts in Greek as well as regional dialects of Prakrit, we wouldn't have this western imposition.
Dude could have just comissioned his Edicts in Sanskrit and we wouldn't have had this problem 2500 years later.
Also, Also, Also, Hindi lexicon should also be freed of the grammatically atrocious मेरे को in lieu of मुझे that is again influenced by Punjabi idioms. I mean, only if the Britishers hadn't messed around with our linguistic maps, मुझे wouldn't be dying such a sad death.
People should also be taught to pronounce the ण in विष्णु: and कृष्ण: instead of replacing it with a न। Bengalis, Axomiyas, and Oriyas should be taught to say श ष स instead of colapsing them into श/x/स. Sanskrit is deva's language and shouldn't be mispronounced.
Hindi is such a poetic language that I will be happy if the taxes I pay also goes into its conservation while also being spent on changing the official name of our 76 year-old republic.
Edited by Blueeeee - 2 years ago
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