Do we know that Dravidian languages were in fact "sanskritized"?
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Replying to @nishaspillai @vgr
by "sanskritised" do you mean deliberate and systematic insertion of sanskrit vocabulary?
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Replying to @zem42 @nishaspillai
Yes. For Hindi it was living memory (why Doordarshan Hindi sounds unnatural): an actual committee sat down to purge Urdu/sub Sanskrit origin
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Replying to @vgr @nishaspillai
that's interesting because i've also seen claims that urdu words crept into hindi due to a "high status" perception of urdu as more cultured
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Replying to @zem42 @nishaspillai
Languages of political elites tend to suffer same fate as the political elites themselves. But literary/cultural elite langs retain status
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More basic counterpoint: English in India.
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Replying to @nishaspillai @zem42
You might enjoy this oldie by Abbas Tyrewala (he wrote Munnabhai MBBS and and got famous a few yrs later) http://creative.sulekha.com/so-who-speaks-hindi_98532_blog …
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Replying to @vgr @nishaspillai
reshared it with some trepidation on facebook; waiting to see who jumps down my throat in defense of shudh hindi :)
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Replying to @zem42 @nishaspillai
Hard to argue with hit scriptwriter who's coined gems like "gandhigiri", though him being Muslim creates obvious red herring tack
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I haven't actually met any competent shudh-hindi types who weren't also ifans of more abused vernaculars. Hard not to like bambaiyya for eg
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One of my proudest moments is beating out hindi natives for hindi best actor award in freshie drams with my bihari turn
southie revenge
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बडी आस लेकर आए थे
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