நாகரி வெறியர்களுக்கு ஓர் தாழ்மையான வேண்டுகோள் (நடு நிலையானவர்களே என்னை மன்னிக்கவும்-என் வேதையின் உச்சக்கட்ட வெளிப்பாடே இந்த பதிவு)
கிளிப்பிள்ளை போல் சொல்வதையே திரும்பத் திரும்ப சொல்வதை/பேசுவதை விட்டுவிட்டு பள்ளிகளில் நம் மொழியை ச் சொல்லிகொடுக்க என்ன செய்ய வேண்டும், எது முடியும் அதை ப் பற்றி மட்டும் பேசுங்கள், எழுதுங்கள் அதுவே இன்றைய தேவை செய்யமாட்டீரகளே! சொல்லமாட்டீர்களே ! இதைத்தானே நான் திருமபத் திரும்ப எழுதி் வருகிறேன். முதலையும்..............னும் கொண்டது விடாது. இது ஊர் அறிந்த விசயம். ம.சபைக்கு வெகுவாக வக்காலத்து வாங்கும் உங்களால் (நாகரி வெறியர்களால்) நம் மொழியை பள்ளிகளில் புகுத்த அந்த சபையினரை க் கொண்டு செய்ய வைக்கமுடியுமா? பதில் சொல்லுங்கள்; சொல்ல மாட்டீர்கள், காரணம் சொல்ல முடியாது; இத்ற்கான காரணத்தையும் நானே வெவ்வேறு இடங்களில் சொல்லிஉள்ளேன். ம.ச.விற்கு மொழி பற்றிய அக்கரை ஏதும் -ஏன் சிறிதும் இல்லை; மறுக்கச்சொல்லுங்களேன்,பார்ப்போம். மேடை ஏறுதல், மாலை , போர்வை இவற்றை ப்பெறுதல், பாரட்டுப்பெறுதல் இவற்றை விளம்பரம்செய்தல் தவிர இவர்களுக்கு , மக்கள், மொழி என்பதைப்பற்றி எல்லாம் சிந்திக்க நேரம் ஏது? 1920 முதல் இவர்கள் என்ன செய்தார்கள். 1969-ல் தமிழக அரசு சௌராஷ்டிர மொழியை பள்ளிகளில் சொல்லிகொடுக்க வழி வகை அரசு ஆணை மூலம் செய்ததே ,இந்த தகவலாவது இந்த சபையினர்க்கு த் தெரியுமா? இராமராய் ஆதரவளர்கள் செயலில் ஈடுபடுவர்; நாகரி வெறியர்களோ பேசிப்பேசியே காலததை ஓட்டுபவர்கள்; (95 ஆண்டுகள்) ‘மனோகராவில் வந்த வசனைத்தைப்போல் ‘ஆண்டவன் புண்ணியத்தில் உன் வியாதியும் நீடித்து என் உத்தியோகமும் நீடிக்கவேண்டியது’ இந்த சபையின் மிக உயர்ந்த இலட்சியம்;உன்னத குறிக்கோள். நம் சௌராஷ்டிர இளைஞர்களுக்கும் இது பற்றி அறியாதோர்க்கும் என் கடமையாக் இந்த தகவலை தருகிறேன். ச்ந்தேகம் இருந்தால் உங்கள் (அல்லது நீங்கள் அறியும்) பெரியோர்களிட்டம் கேட்டு த்தெரிந்து கொள்ளுங்கள், நான் எழுதியுள்ளது உண்மையா பொய்யா என்று
Saurashi Academy is an institution, run by Saurashtri Development Association in Dindigul. We teach Saurastri alas Saurashi in devanagari scripts. The word Saura, Saurasho, Saurashi all are used in T.M.R and RR users. The SDA will publish first Tamil Saurastri - Saurashtri Tamil Dictionary and later Saurastri English -English Saurashtri Dictionary.
ReplyDeleteThe link for Unicode for Extended (Parivartith) Devanagari is - unicode.org/charts/PDF/UA8E0.pdf. This was prepared by Unicode Cosortium in 1991. The Varnamala for Sourashtri was prepared by CIIL based on this Unicode. (You may Google - 'Extended Devanagari Unicode'.
ReplyDeleteSCRIPT FOR SOURASHTRA LANGUAGE
ReplyDeleteA comparison of different scripts being used for Sourashtra language.
1. History
a.Rama Rai script. - Created / developed by Medhavi Sri Rama Rai 139 years back based on Lakshmanacharya script
b. Tamil - Ancient Dravidian script
c. Devanagari - This is a very ancient script used for nearly 125 languages. The 'Extended (Parivartith) Devanagari' Unicode (unicode.org/charts/PDF/UA8E0.pdf) was finalised by Unicode Consortium in 1991 incorporating letters /signs for use of all languages. This was taken as the base to prepare the new Varnamala for Sourashtra language by CIIL. This script was declared/ adopted by Sourashtra community on 8th Aug. 2009 at a huge convention at Palayamkottai (Tamilnadu).
d. English (Roman) script - International script used by several languages like English, German, French etc. This script is being used by Sourashtra Netizens in the Internet.
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ReplyDelete2. Progress in usage.
a. Rama Rai Script - In the 19th century the original Sourashtra script was not available due to historical reasons. Sourashtra Saints like Srimad Venkataramana Bhagavathar and Kavi Sri Venkata Suri used Telugu script. Sri Natana Gopala Nayaki Swami used Tamil script. Geetha Sadhavadhani Sri T.R. Padmanabhaiyer (and some others) used Devangari script.
Sri Rama Rai created his script and spent his life savings inpropagating this script. A large number of students learnt the script
His Shishya parampara continued with Sri Venkatachala Sarma, Sri O.K. Ramanadam and his disciples like Sri T.V.Kubendran (Bhashabhmani), Sri O.S. Subramanian (Sourashtra Vidya Peetam), Sri Mohan Ruppa (Shresta Sourashtra Sahitya Sabha), Sri Tada Subramanian (Bhasha Samman awardee), Sri K.R.Sethuraman( Bhasha Samman Awardee), Sri Kasin Anandam,Sri M.S.Ramani, Sri C.R.Saranath, Sri T.G.Dwaraganath and many others.
Sri Rama Rai was honoured and life time pension was paid to him by the community. Later his statue was put up in a temple at Madurai and his script was written on the temple wall.
A change came about in 1920 when the community decided to preserve Rama Rai script, but to use Devanagari script for all practical purposes. This was reaffirmed in 1981 and more recently in 2009 convention at Palayamkottai.
The usage of this script has been coming down over the years, in spite of all attempts by its supporters.
Other than Sri Rama Rai himself, no other writer/author/scholar/composer(like Nayaki Swamin) utised this script for their compositions/creations.
b. Tamil script - As maximum Sourashtra population is in Tamilnadu which follows two language policy, there has been no scope for learning our mother tongue in schools. Our students learn Tamil well and use it for all purposes. So many of our writers use Tamil script for writing in our language with numbers/ supersripts for pronunciations which are not available in Tamil script. Sri Tada Subramanian wrote his books in Tamil script and was awarded 'Bhasha Samman'. The journal 'Bhashabhimani' started 40 years back with sole purpose of propagating our language in Rama Rai script used 50% contents in Tamil script. In due course the proportion of Tamil has increased to 98% with Rama Rai script usage only 2% ,( as seen in the latest Deepavali special issue).
This indicates the degree of support to Rama Rai script even from abhimaanis of this script, leave alone the general public (especially the youth) who are not coming forward to learn it either in personal classes or through the Internet. And their parents also do not encourage them to learn this script as they feel that there is no practical utility in learning this script and the time can be spent more usefully to learn Devanagari (which is the script of Hindi,our National Official language, very useful for going to any part of India for their career).
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c. Sourashtri (Parivartith Devanagari) - This script has been used for Sourashtra Bhagavad Geetha by Sri T.R. Padbhanabaiyer and by Sri Venkatachala Sarma to transliterate Sri Rama Rai's literature.
ReplyDeleteAfter 2009 Declaration, the Sourashtri Prachar Sabha printed a text book and held classes for school students at many places in and around Madurai, making use of the teachers trained by CIIL in their workshops held at Madurai and Mysore (as requested by our community representatives). Hundreds of students who learnt this script were given certificates in a function at Madurai attended by several Sourashtra representatives.
The Saurashi Academy at Dindigul has printed text books for classes 1 to 5 and is regularly conducting classes followed by issue of certificates. They are starting a Diploma course also.
The Saurashi Academy is bringing out a daily Newsletter in this script. They have also published a number of Text books and other books.
'MET VAKH, SHEEL VAAT' , a book in poetry has been written Sourashtri and Tamil scripts by Sri A. K.R. Subramanian of Dindigul based on Tamil poet Avvaiyaar' s 'Nalvazhi' and 'Muudurai'.
Sri Ravi Kondda is regularly writing about our scriptures and giving Bhagavad Geetha slokas in three languages/scripts including Sourashtri script.
( I had also written the word by word translation (Padavurai) in English for a number of chapters of Bhagavad Geetha of Sri T.R.Padmanabhaiyer in Sourashtri (Devanagari script) which were posted in 'Palkar.org' a few years back).
d. English/Roman - This is mostly used in Internet. Sri O.S.Subramanian and Sri K.V.Pathy started a thread 'Sourashtam moTTum' in 'palkar.org' a decade back. It caught up and now majority of our Netizens are posting in our language using English script. Sri O.S.S. prepared a simplified 'Notation' for this purpose and Sri K.V.Pathy further elaborated it by writing 'EASY LESSONS' (www.kvpathy.blogspot.com).
4. Advantages / Arguments in favour of the scripts -
a. Rama Rai script -
This script was specifically prepared by Sri Rama Rai in the 19th century, in the absence of letters for the special pronunciations of our language (nasal sound, half yakaaram, short 'e' and 'o') in other scripts. This is considered as our own script and we get 'guruttu' (Identity) and 'Ghenam' (respect) by using this script. In fact this was learnt and used by thousnds in his time and later also. Even now there are hundreds of people who know this script. It is used by some people for printing the wedding invitations and Panchangam.
A conference was held at Dindigul (TERKE MILNI) a few years back to encourage awareness and learning of Rama Rai script.
b. Tamil - This is known to all Sourashtraas in Tamilnadu ( though not in other States). This is extensively used for writing and printing books in our language. Many books like Sri T.R.P.'s Bhagavad Geetha were transliterated into Tamil script and these versions are selling more than Devanagari versions.
'Bhashabhimani' also uses Tamil script for more than 95% of its contents to suit the readers.
c. Sourshtri(Parivartith Devanagari). -
This script has caught the fancy of our youth and their parents due to the following advantages.
1. By learning our mother tongue in Devanagari script, we can also learn Hindi (our Official/National language). This will facilitate our youth to have vast scope for employment and commerce in all States of India. If requied, Sanskrit,our language of scriptures can also be learnt. ( In fact it is said that around 125 languages use Devanagari or related scripts).
Devanagari is the descendant of our earlier ancient scripts (Evolution of scripts) and is own script for our Indo Aryan language, Sourashtram.
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ReplyDeleted. English (Roman) script -
This is the International script and has been used for numerous languages. Our Sourashtras abroad and in other States of India find it easy to use this script for writing our language (subject to their learning correct usage to suit the pronunciations).
5. Popularity of different scripts -
In a recent Sample survey conducted in the Internet (Askbypoll) in Sourashtra Face Book groups and websites, to find out the choice of script for teaching in schools, the voting percentage was as below-
1. Sourashtri (Parivartith Devanagari) - 58 %
2. Tamil / other State languages - 26%
3. Rama rai script - 8%
4. English (Roman) - 8%
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