Talk:Sankethi language

That is a great article on Sanketis. Thanks to Dr. Shrikaanth K. Murthy for the article. I am a fellow Sanketi - proud to be one. I am from Hassan, Karnataka. I am currently doing PhD in Mechanical Engg in University of California, Berkeley, USA. Best Regards, Pannag R Sanketi

Hi,

Kudos for the detail with which you are able to mention aspects of the Sanketi dialect. Clearly you are into linguistics! However, I would like to point out that the Kannada language possesses the short 'e' sound you describe. [Difference between 'edu'=which and 'adu'=that]. It is true that Sanskrit lacks short 'e' and short 'o' but Kannada has it. Maybe what you want to say is that the meaning changes dramatically for this small pronounciation change. That is interesting, but hardly worthy of mention in an encyclopedia. In either event, can you please confirm and change your sentence.

Secondly, in the "References" section, you need to either cite a published work by Mr.Srikaanth Murthy or else provide a link to a website that contains information that you have used. In case Mr.Murthy is the author of the piece, and wishes to have that known, he should put a sentence to that effect under the section heading "Author", not in "References"

- Anon

More examples

Hi folks, Can we have more, and better examples of the language. Current examples used to highlight the difference between Tamil and Sankethi are actually doing the opposite. I am a tamilian and am able to clearly understand that adhu and yedhu and pannitein. In fact, I use these words almost daily in my conversations. Some examples that are unique to Sankethi will help. BTW, the tamil word for grandson is 'peran', with an emphasis on the 'e' syllable. Not very different from the example you'v quoted, is it? Cheers, and great work in getting this page up and running --Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan

Anon Let me clarrify about adu and a`du. I have notsaid that short "e" is not there in kannaDa or tamizh. What I have said is that there is a variation of "a" itself which is equivalent to "e" in kannaDa/tamizh. This "a`" sound is unique in that it has a specific value in the meanings of the words that it occurs in. This does not happen in kannada or tamizh. Please read the article again and tell me if it is clear.

Chandrachood Sharing the same words is not equivalent to being the same language. edu and adu occur in kannaDa, tamizh, telugu and malayalam but this does not make them the same language. Some usages are common between sankEti and tamizh but there are sufficient differences in the usages as well. I know tamizh very well. You are commenting by just looking at a few stray words in sankEti without actually knowing the language. The artcile is an entry in an encyclopaedia, not a book in itself. And also there is no need to give a list of words "just to prove" that sanketi is different from tamizh. Just think of a person who know neither tamizh nor sankEti. he could ask you to give a list o words in tamizh to porve it is different from sankEti. Now howwzat! You can read what I write below for an example of sanketi as it is spoke/written.

Pannag nI engaLukku aLAha gottu. oru tarahttaNNu nI dUratte neNTEye. unde ammAmi enku tamkya hANu. apDiye unde tammayyande hAmbDyA ende hAtEvaLukku doDDammande poNNu. heccAyiTu personal mAHitiya ingu aLudaradu vANA aNTu ADE pErayU aLUdi ikkallE. nA sankEti kUTattalle namDE vARtayinde bagge kuDuta upanyAsatte vivaranga pOna mAsattE sankEti sangamattuLLe vandu rAnna. nI collarapDi sankEtiha anDugarattuLLe nambaLellARukku permayE. Take care. Shrikaanth K. Murthy

Hi. I think you've misunderstood me. I am not questioning the fact that Sankethi is a different language. I am just pointing out that some of the examples you've quoted to show that it is a different languages don't illustrate it. --Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan