tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post8897928600993741045..comments2023-08-24T11:27:44.560+01:00Comments on Any Excuse to Write....: The Tongue that I speakSmithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06168565596774930645noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-21272107163108658882009-01-12T11:43:00.000+00:002009-01-12T11:43:00.000+00:00@Solilio, Yes, I have read this too.. quite intere...@Solilio, Yes, I have read this too.. quite interesting isn't it? Fascinating isn't it, to see how history may or may not be manufactured! Am not sure which version to believe though :)Smithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168565596774930645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-12318836010108124682009-01-12T04:00:00.000+00:002009-01-12T04:00:00.000+00:00Just something I read and thought about this post ...Just something I read and thought about this post :)<BR/><BR/>http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/jan/120109-British-tampered-devalued-ancient-Indian-history.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-17874843592927893972009-01-06T10:09:00.000+00:002009-01-06T10:09:00.000+00:00@Sahaja, Welcome! Yes, I find the similarities bet...@Sahaja, Welcome! Yes, I find the similarities between languages extremely fascinating too!Smithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168565596774930645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-23289037577948461202009-01-06T07:36:00.000+00:002009-01-06T07:36:00.000+00:00Whoa....true true even i am fascinated by stuff li...Whoa....true true even i am fascinated by stuff like this...there are few words in latin and sanskrit which are almost same...<BR/>eg. father - Pithah in Sanskrit<BR/> Pitar - Latin<BR/>Mother - Matha - sanskrit<BR/> Matar - Latin<BR/>Horse - Aswam - sanskrit<BR/> Asva - Latin<BR/><BR/>I agree that life started in Africa and civilizations developed based on natural resources and so languages might all come from the same roots....afterall,, we all are humans! ;)<BR/>haina?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-64499260715704657722008-12-30T20:33:00.000+00:002008-12-30T20:33:00.000+00:00@JPJ, Vimmuuu, Welcome to the blog. Thanks for you...@JPJ, Vimmuuu, Welcome to the blog. Thanks for your comments.<BR/><BR/>@Vimmuuu, I checked up 'loot' and it says '"English words of Hindi origin," explains www.worldlanguage.com, "include cot, loot, thug, chintz, bandanna, dungaree, rajali, pundit, coolie, tom-tom, and juggernaut." '<BR/><BR/>So looks like loot is a hindi word borrowed by English :)<BR/>Thanks for blogrolling me - the interaction here is all thanks to everybody who reads and comments!<BR/><BR/>@Mavin, Yes the 'osmosis' of words between languages is so amazing isn't it? In a few years, I am sure the languages that we know and speak now, will undergo a lot of changes, thanks to the interaction between languages..Smithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168565596774930645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-53913792345882724832008-12-30T18:19:00.000+00:002008-12-30T18:19:00.000+00:00Great Post!One is the ancient link where trade and...Great Post!<BR/><BR/>One is the ancient link where trade and other cultural interaction enriched each other's vocab.<BR/><BR/>Second is the co-existence during the British stay in India till 1947 and the subsequent migration.<BR/><BR/>Very many words from many Indian languages have become part of English. Is it not fantastic...<BR/><BR/>How about the reverse influence of English words in our languages.<BR/>It is so natural to use "train", "platform", "ticket", "phone", "television" and a million such words in almost all Indian languages. <BR/><BR/>Fascinating cultural inter-play.Mavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427701624966763777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-16413218454828244512008-12-30T17:59:00.000+00:002008-12-30T17:59:00.000+00:00The word Loot means the same in English and in Hin...The word Loot means the same in English and in Hindi ! any idea about the origin??<BR/><BR/>Btw, my first time here and I kinda liked the interactions here. I am blogrolling you right away.vimmuuuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18263818577352118525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-31908765420312346242008-12-30T17:31:00.000+00:002008-12-30T17:31:00.000+00:00Very good post. Agree with Pradeep - language is a...Very good post. Agree with Pradeep - language is a tool to communicate.J P Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-18101970819012626502008-12-30T11:33:00.000+00:002008-12-30T11:33:00.000+00:00@Pradeep, Thank you. You are right ' I have always...@Pradeep, Thank you. You are right ' I have always seen language more as a tool... like we have a car to travel... a language to communicate. But unlike a car, it's way too emotional. And there lies the problem.' Yes, we are too emotional about it. I think we need to be proud of the language(mother tounges) we speak, but be accomodative of everybody else's as well..Smithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168565596774930645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-22860435495149241932008-12-30T11:18:00.000+00:002008-12-30T11:18:00.000+00:00Smitha, I liked your conclusion.If we all start lo...Smitha, I liked your conclusion.<BR/><BR/><I>If we all start looking at similarities between ourselves and realise that just like these words, we all have common origins, a lot of our problems are bound to disappear.</I><BR/><BR/>You are bang on target. I wish people realise this.<BR/><BR/>I have always seen language more as a tool... like we have a car to travel... a language to communicate. But unlike a car, it's way too emotional. And there lies the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-72133724751797990862008-12-30T09:37:00.000+00:002008-12-30T09:37:00.000+00:00@IHM, You are right about the words for 'no' and '...@IHM, You are right about the words for 'no' and 'mother'. I somehow missed it out while posting the blog. Though the Aryan-Dravidian divide is debated upon, there are some indications that some of the words that are common in Caucasian languages is also common in Sanskrit - which was supposed to be one of the first attested languages of the Indo-European family.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_language_family<BR/><BR/>The word 'mother' is supposed to have common roots with the sanskrit word 'matrika'. In German its 'mutter', Italian - 'Madre', spanish - 'madre'. Even the word matriach sounds very similar to 'matrika'. The same is true for the words for 'father'. So there does seem to be some link. <BR/>@Vinod, Meso, I am not so sure that the Aryan-Dravidan theory is a total myth. There seems to be some logic when it comes to the languages.. But as Ajit says, it really should not matter now - apart from Academic interest of course. <BR/><BR/>@Meso, Welcome to the blog! Do visit again!<BR/><BR/>@Ajit, Bones, I have read the same about the first man and women originated from Africa.. Guess if there is proof, the whites have to accept it - today or tomorrow!Smithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168565596774930645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-28111091335806320742008-12-30T09:26:00.000+00:002008-12-30T09:26:00.000+00:00the whites are wrong :Pcoz the truth is in our gen...the whites are wrong :P<BR/>coz the truth is in our genes...<BR/>about 99.99 % of all our genes are the same.....<BR/>thus providing evidence that we all come from single source....<BR/>if you compare Homo sapiens (us) with neanderthals, there lie many a differences.... and they died out ....<BR/>The whole truth is in our genes...<BR/>The human genome project managed to complete a lot, but a lot of questions still remain unanswered....OGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586330299355885975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-15629977254525634932008-12-30T06:13:00.000+00:002008-12-30T06:13:00.000+00:00Ajit,"Genetic studies have shown that the Adam and...Ajit,<BR/><BR/>"Genetic studies have shown that the Adam and Eve lived in Africa long back......"<BR/>The whites don't want to believe this...Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15649563485896628766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-12667045453288824072008-12-30T04:35:00.000+00:002008-12-30T04:35:00.000+00:00This is really interesting :)The commonest words a...This is really interesting :)<BR/><BR/>The commonest words are very similar sounding in many languages.<BR/>No, niet, naheen, naye, nom, non, illai, ... for NO :)<BR/>But not the Dravadian, ledu, venda, illai, oddu etc.<BR/>Mere, mother, matru, ma, mamma ... <BR/>Pere, father, appa, pita, pitra, baba for Father.<BR/><BR/>I used to think these words, maybe, have nothing to do with languages, they are above languages, the initial language we were born with .. Like we know what a cat sounds like when they want food, or are angry. <BR/><BR/>French words for cutting and knife sound like Hindi. <BR/>French also has gender for all nouns, like Hindi.<BR/><BR/>Am in a big hurry, will get back to read and join some more :)Indian Home Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649133480442907582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-24735344223911878112008-12-30T00:55:00.000+00:002008-12-30T00:55:00.000+00:00That's an interesting read. I too believe that Ary...That's an interesting read. <BR/><BR/>I too believe that Aryan-Dravidian thoery is a myth. Indians are mixture of Mangolean-Negroid-European features. The color vary because of the distance from the equator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-13100040693806206112008-12-29T17:24:00.000+00:002008-12-29T17:24:00.000+00:00Thanks Manju - I should thank Ajit- got the idea f...Thanks Manju - I should thank Ajit- got the idea from his post :) And , to be honest, I think I enjoy the comments much more than my post. <BR/><BR/>@all<BR/>Thanks so much for reading and commenting!Smithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168565596774930645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-82884859590522882682008-12-29T17:21:00.000+00:002008-12-29T17:21:00.000+00:00Interesting topic for a post, Smitha! :)Interesting topic for a post, Smitha! :)manjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15470194805146456892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-15655284486605122932008-12-29T17:20:00.000+00:002008-12-29T17:20:00.000+00:00@Manju, Yes Guru, Pundit and all are relatively ne...@Manju, Yes Guru, Pundit and all are relatively new words and so are Jungle, Shampoo..Smithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168565596774930645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-67242017439119496682008-12-29T17:18:00.000+00:002008-12-29T17:18:00.000+00:00Wow Manju! I had no idea! It's wonderful to get to...Wow Manju! I had no idea! It's wonderful to get to know of these facts, don't you think? Any more of these examples?Smithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168565596774930645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-54363707484779593712008-12-29T17:17:00.000+00:002008-12-29T17:17:00.000+00:00Words like guru or pundit have also found their wa...Words like guru or pundit have also found their way into the English language but their origin is not forgotten yet. :)manjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15470194805146456892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-49247424142374721922008-12-29T17:15:00.000+00:002008-12-29T17:15:00.000+00:00You have heard right Manju!You have heard right Manju!Vinod_Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14654167848186778789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-91784190520247861892008-12-29T17:13:00.000+00:002008-12-29T17:13:00.000+00:00I have read that the word juggernaut has originate...I have read that the word juggernaut has originated from our Indian Rath (chariot) of Jagannath.<BR/><BR/>The procession of Jagannath at Puri is a huge winding one -similarly the meaning of juggernaut is a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its waymanjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15470194805146456892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-67025855763685982042008-12-29T17:08:00.000+00:002008-12-29T17:08:00.000+00:00Am with you.Am with you.Vinod_Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14654167848186778789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-73868084292363798862008-12-29T17:06:00.000+00:002008-12-29T17:06:00.000+00:00the last line was "nor should we care as Indians"the last line was "nor should we care as Indians"OGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586330299355885975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755454655379713651.post-55109973475192217042008-12-29T17:05:00.000+00:002008-12-29T17:05:00.000+00:00you are absolutely right Vinod...it is a given fac...you are absolutely right Vinod...<BR/>it is a given fact that ancient Iranians share a lot of traits with the Vedic Civ. in India and though Zoraster does talk about his homeland called "Airyanem Vaejah", our indian ancestors do not do so.....<BR/>This is actually one of the points put forward by theorists who believe in "Out of India" model.<BR/>As I said, we do not know now should we care as Indians :)OGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586330299355885975noreply@blogger.com