Konkani in Devanagri script can be used for e-mail as well as other purposes even as Microsoft XP provides useful software for the use of Konkani.
This was informed to the delegates of the 25th session of All India Konkani Parishad at a seminar on ‘Use and spread of Konkani language through the medium of Information Technology (IT)’.
Ramdas Karmali of Goa University demonstrated as to how Konkani can be used for different purposes using the computer technology and said that Konkani should be used in all fields of life by the Konkani speaking community as it will facilitate its use in IT.
He suggested that Linux operating system may be of greater advantage as it is open and freely available.
Stating that technology development of Indian languages has been possible because of the initiative taken by Government of India and state governments, Prof Karmali said similar support is required from the Goa government as well as those state governments where Konkani is spoken, for the technology development of Konkani.
Prof Ramrao Wagh also of Computer department, Goa university, warned that languages will perish if they cannot be communicated through IT. He demonstrated the avenues open to Konkani in the field of IT and said there are many impediments to the road of progress.
Shantaram Varde Walaulikar said the corpa of 3 million words already prepared for a project of Machine Aided Translation of Government of India’s IT ministry is acknowledged to be one of the best in India by experts of Universal Networing Languages of UN as well as experts of IITs in the country.
He said Konkani is lagging behind in IT because the MoU executed by Goa government with IIT Mumbai didn’t work. Nitin Nachinolkar also spoke.
Speakers also stressed the need for usage of Konkani for official language. For a language to spread through the medium of IT, in theie opinion, it has to be widely used for purposes of administration, education, commerce and industry etc.
This was informed to the delegates of the 25th session of All India Konkani Parishad at a seminar on ‘Use and spread of Konkani language through the medium of Information Technology (IT)’.
Ramdas Karmali of Goa University demonstrated as to how Konkani can be used for different purposes using the computer technology and said that Konkani should be used in all fields of life by the Konkani speaking community as it will facilitate its use in IT.
He suggested that Linux operating system may be of greater advantage as it is open and freely available.
Stating that technology development of Indian languages has been possible because of the initiative taken by Government of India and state governments, Prof Karmali said similar support is required from the Goa government as well as those state governments where Konkani is spoken, for the technology development of Konkani.
Prof Ramrao Wagh also of Computer department, Goa university, warned that languages will perish if they cannot be communicated through IT. He demonstrated the avenues open to Konkani in the field of IT and said there are many impediments to the road of progress.
Shantaram Varde Walaulikar said the corpa of 3 million words already prepared for a project of Machine Aided Translation of Government of India’s IT ministry is acknowledged to be one of the best in India by experts of Universal Networing Languages of UN as well as experts of IITs in the country.
He said Konkani is lagging behind in IT because the MoU executed by Goa government with IIT Mumbai didn’t work. Nitin Nachinolkar also spoke.
Speakers also stressed the need for usage of Konkani for official language. For a language to spread through the medium of IT, in theie opinion, it has to be widely used for purposes of administration, education, commerce and industry etc.
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