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A man who 'discovered' 780 Indian languages

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Re: A man who 'discovered' 780 Indian languages

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Post by astura »

anotheryou wrote: post #12
baali wrote: post #6

I had a chance to visit one of academy he helped establish, adivasi academy(their domain name has expired), tejgarh, vadodra. I really liked how he played the role of catalyst in helping local people recognize their own culture and preserve it. [Edit]: My bad for linking to the infested URL, didn't realize it.

That link looks very virus infested, beware. probably ransomware: https://www.2-spyware.com/remove-the-arialtext-font-was-not-... It's some js file that loads exe files. How would they get executed than? Another prompt to manually do so? edit: thanks for removing the link :)

It's probably a hijacked account too, that account has legitimate comments but was dormant until today.

Re: A man who 'discovered' 780 Indian languages

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Post by anotheryou »

astura wrote: post #21
anotheryou wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That link looks very virus infested, beware. probably ransomware: https://www.2-spyware.com/remove-the-arialtext-font-was-not-... It's some js file that loads exe files. How would they get executed than? Another prompt to manually do so? edit: thanks for removing the link :)

It's probably a hijacked account too, that account has legitimate comments but was dormant until today.

I doubt that, it's quality content apart from the link :)

probably just a never updated, but originally legit wordpress site.

Re: A man who 'discovered' 780 Indian languages

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Post by soneca »

ravirajx7 wrote: post #20

One of the main reason behind the 'developing' state of India even after 70 years of independence is its differences which Indians still have in their mind. The language barrier is the only barrier which is proving to be resistance let alone culture prevention and all that. Languages are just a form of communication between people and people should accept it. People should learn languages like English(Which have vast…

Brazil never had this problem and it is still 'developing' 195 years after its independence. Same language, not that different regional culture (similar to USA I guess). And Europe as a whole was able to become developed despite its language barriers.

Re: A man who 'discovered' 780 Indian languages

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Post by deanstag »

ravirajx7 wrote: post #20

One of the main reason behind the 'developing' state of India even after 70 years of independence is its differences which Indians still have in their mind. The language barrier is the only barrier which is proving to be resistance let alone culture prevention and all that. Languages are just a form of communication between people and people should accept it. People should learn languages like English(Which have vast…

Promoting a language because the Prime minister finds himself more proficient orator in the language? I find that hard to believe. Do you have sources on this?

Re: A man who 'discovered' 780 Indian languages

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Post by athenot »

ravirajx7 wrote: post #20

One of the main reason behind the 'developing' state of India even after 70 years of independence is its differences which Indians still have in their mind. The language barrier is the only barrier which is proving to be resistance let alone culture prevention and all that. Languages are just a form of communication between people and people should accept it. People should learn languages like English(Which have vast…

Language is also a connection to culture.

More and more I think many places would benefit from embracing two languages—the utilitarian/economic one and the cultural/human one. Regional diversity is a good thing, and certainly doesn't deserve to be sacrificed in the name of economic convenience, at least not as long as we hold human life to be superior to material assets.

Re: A man who 'discovered' 780 Indian languages

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Post by Alex3917 »

beat wrote: post #11

This reminded me of a video I saw once, many years ago. It was told by the last speaker of a language - from a tribe in El Salvador, iirc (Central America, for sure). Most of his tribe had been wiped out during civil war. He and his parents were the last living speakers of their language. When his parents died, he was the last. The video was a long, tearful poem, telling the story of his people and their destruction.…

It's interesting that the same technologies we use to preserve language (audio/film/text) are also largely the reason for their destruction. If you just have two people talking with each other in the woods there aren't any economies of scale, no 'best' version of Wikipedia, no Hollywood movies to watch, etc.

While not related to language, except for one episode, NPR's archive of lost & found sound is also worth checking out: http://www.npr.org/sections/lost-found-sound/archive?date=9-...

Re: A man who 'discovered' 780 Indian languages

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Post by soperj »

ravirajx7 wrote: post #20

One of the main reason behind the 'developing' state of India even after 70 years of independence is its differences which Indians still have in their mind. The language barrier is the only barrier which is proving to be resistance let alone culture prevention and all that. Languages are just a form of communication between people and people should accept it. People should learn languages like English(Which have vast…

Which language is Chinese? Mandarin or Cantonese?

Re: A man who 'discovered' 780 Indian languages

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Post by n4r9 »

1024core wrote: post #19
dang wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please don't take HN threads in flamewar directions. You managed to damage this one considerably, and it breaks the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html .

I was objecting to a mischaracterization in the article. I took a literal quote from the article and objected to it; I did not make it up, or change topics.

imo you focused on a minor part of the article in order to score a political point, and topped it off with an irrelevant generalisation about the BBC.

Re: A man who 'discovered' 780 Indian languages

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Post by omarchowdhury »

beat wrote: post #11

This reminded me of a video I saw once, many years ago. It was told by the last speaker of a language - from a tribe in El Salvador, iirc (Central America, for sure). Most of his tribe had been wiped out during civil war. He and his parents were the last living speakers of their language. When his parents died, he was the last. The video was a long, tearful poem, telling the story of his people and their destruction.…

Would love if you could dig this up for us.

Re: A man who 'discovered' 780 Indian languages

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Post by Robotbeat »

beat wrote: post #11

This reminded me of a video I saw once, many years ago. It was told by the last speaker of a language - from a tribe in El Salvador, iirc (Central America, for sure). Most of his tribe had been wiped out during civil war. He and his parents were the last living speakers of their language. When his parents died, he was the last. The video was a long, tearful poem, telling the story of his people and their destruction.…

Wow, that is remarkable. Do you know where to find more info?
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