![]() It is because of colonialists that we could get education, and because of them that caste discrimination reduced to a certain extent. Earlier foreigners used to come here and write about this place, for instance, Rani Abbakka was not known until a foreigner wrote about her. I have translated several works of Malayalam to Kannada. Sara Abubakker said, "This dictionary will be of much use to people like me who are into translation. Many schools have introduced Konkani with this intention." We need to speak Konkani in our day-to-day lives in order to preserve it. There is so much of English influence nowadays, everybody is enamoured by English. A dictionary helps in a learning a new language."Ĭongratulating compilers of the dictionary Stephen Quadras Permude and Fr Basil Vas, he said, "This is your gift to Konkani language. The three-language dictionary wil serve a greater purpose, as all three languages are ones that we converse with in our everyday lives. The dictionary was then officially launched by the bishop.Īddressing the gathering, Bishop Dr Aloysius D'Souza said, "Earlier in 2007 an English - Konkani dictionary was released, which personally benefited me a lot as I often referred to it. Prior to the release of the three-language dictioary, renowned litterateurs Dr Na D'Souza and Sara Abubakker and linguist Dr K V Narayana unveiled English - Konkani dictionary, Kannada - Konkani dictionary, and English - Kannada - Konkani dictionary, respectively, in a unique manner. The dictionary, compiled by Stephen Quadras Permude and Fr Basil Vaz, has been published by Patha Darshini Seva Trust. ![]() Mangalore, Feb 27: A voluminous trilingual English - Kannada - Konkani dictionary, containing approximately 50,000 words, was released by Bishop Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza in a glittering function at Kalaangann, Shaktinagar, here on Wednesday February 26. ![]() Mangalore: English-Kannada-Konkani dictionary releasedĭaijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (NM) ![]()
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