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Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
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“We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2012/11/14 Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com>om>:
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Amir E. Aharoni
<amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
If he didn't explain it, then you can presume that it's wrong. There's
nothing to discuss, and there's nothing wrong with saying "Indic
languages".
The word "Indic" refers generally to the Indo-Aryan family of languages,
which does not include Dravidian languages prevalent in Southern India.
Not necessarily.
According to Meriam-Webster, the adjective "Indic" may refer to
Indo-Aryan and to all of India. Moreover, "Indic scripts" refers to
all Brahmic scripts, and that is the most common term today.
The English Wikipedia redirected [[Indic languages]] to [[Indo-Aryan
languages]], but that was a mistake, and I just fixed it.
Hence, bunching the entire system of Dravidian
languages together with the
Indo-Aryan languages in India may seem derogatory to some, and reasonably
so.
No, not derogatory. At worst, it's ambiguous.
Making up bad connotations for normal words is not so constructive.
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Amir