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Devanagari As A Writing System For Punjabi: Plus Or Minus For Punjabi?
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 188598" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><strong>Re: With what motive some are propagating Devanagri as third script for Punjabi ?</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Above quoted is the crux of forum member Gugliani ji's concern. It is a well-founded concern, and also important to this discussion to get some examples of how this is happening and what it looks like in practice.</p><p></p><p>To my own eyes the idea of writing Punjabi in Devanagri script is ludicrous. It would be like writing English in Cyrillic script, and any practical reason for it would crumble under serious examination.</p><p></p><p>I am trying to think of a practical example where it makes sense to write Punjabi in Devenagri script. I am beginning with a hypothetical scenario. It is based on the idea that there are bilingual street and traffic signs, two languages and two scripts.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A Hindi speaker who would read the Devenagri sign only. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A Punjabi speaker would read the Gurmukhi sign only. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Anyone who knew both Punjabi and Hindi, and knew both scripts, would not need to read traffic and highway signs in 2 scripts; one would suffice.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>But who benefits from a cross-linguistic set up where Punjabi is written in Devanagri? A person who might benefit from the plan would be an individual who knew spoken Punjabi only, but was fluent in speaking, reading and writing only in Hindi. Then the signage in Devanagri script might map to his/her spoken language of Punjabi. How does that make any sense when signage in Devanagri/Hindi alone would do.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now I have heard that traffic signs and other examples of public communication in Punjab are written in Devanagri script, though the streets, place names, and other relevant language underlying them are in the Punjabi language. So I am told; I have not witnessed it. If this is true, then the net effect is to divorce the language as spoken from the written standard of the Punjabi language. The written standard is the standard that is more likely to endure over time. When the written forms of a language are rusted out by official meddling, yes, the language dies along with the identity of a people. Examples of how this works go back centuries in history. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Bilingual scripts (as in the signage example) make sense but only if Hindi is written in Devanagri and Punjabi is written in Gurmukhi. It is actually harmful to language acquisition to mix and match scripts because the script reflects deep grammatical relationships between sign, sound and meaning.</p><p></p><p>There may be an agenda. We need to know more about the work by the Professor at Syracuse to find out what he is up to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 188598, member: 35"] [b]Re: With what motive some are propagating Devanagri as third script for Punjabi ?[/b] Above quoted is the crux of forum member Gugliani ji's concern. It is a well-founded concern, and also important to this discussion to get some examples of how this is happening and what it looks like in practice. To my own eyes the idea of writing Punjabi in Devanagri script is ludicrous. It would be like writing English in Cyrillic script, and any practical reason for it would crumble under serious examination. I am trying to think of a practical example where it makes sense to write Punjabi in Devenagri script. I am beginning with a hypothetical scenario. It is based on the idea that there are bilingual street and traffic signs, two languages and two scripts. [LIST] [*]A Hindi speaker who would read the Devenagri sign only. [*]A Punjabi speaker would read the Gurmukhi sign only. [*]Anyone who knew both Punjabi and Hindi, and knew both scripts, would not need to read traffic and highway signs in 2 scripts; one would suffice. [/list] But who benefits from a cross-linguistic set up where Punjabi is written in Devanagri? A person who might benefit from the plan would be an individual who knew spoken Punjabi only, but was fluent in speaking, reading and writing only in Hindi. Then the signage in Devanagri script might map to his/her spoken language of Punjabi. How does that make any sense when signage in Devanagri/Hindi alone would do. Now I have heard that traffic signs and other examples of public communication in Punjab are written in Devanagri script, though the streets, place names, and other relevant language underlying them are in the Punjabi language. So I am told; I have not witnessed it. If this is true, then the net effect is to divorce the language as spoken from the written standard of the Punjabi language. The written standard is the standard that is more likely to endure over time. When the written forms of a language are rusted out by official meddling, yes, the language dies along with the identity of a people. Examples of how this works go back centuries in history. Bilingual scripts (as in the signage example) make sense but only if Hindi is written in Devanagri and Punjabi is written in Gurmukhi. It is actually harmful to language acquisition to mix and match scripts because the script reflects deep grammatical relationships between sign, sound and meaning. There may be an agenda. We need to know more about the work by the Professor at Syracuse to find out what he is up to. [/QUOTE]
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