Indian Languages

JCB Prize for Literature: Sara Rai, Annapurna Garimella to be part of jury for 2021 edition

The prize, awarded to the best work of fiction each year has prided itself on creating a jury that represents a diverse range of Indian languages and mediums of expression.

Online initiative by organisers of Jaipur Literature Festival and HarperCollins India to explore literature produced in Indian languages

Each of the eight episodes in the first season of Words are Bridges will start off with readings from works of Indian literature followed by a discussion between the author and translator.

Once a Mysorean military base, Sultan Bathery's Jain temple bears witness to the tribulations of Wayanad and its people

Sultan Bathery's Jain temple has seen the changing fortunes of Wayanad, from its position on Jain cultural networks, to the region's invasion by Tipu Sultan, to the large scale settlement of Malayalis in the modern era.

Alexa will soon be able to understand Hindi and other Indian regional languages

A new skill category, Cleo, was introduced last year that enabled users to help Alexa learn Hindi.

Romi Konkani: The story of a Goan script, born out of Portuguese influence, which faces possible decline

Romi Konkani's roots in Goa are deeper than one may expect. Even though it is a widely used, standardised Latin-based writing system, used by tens of thousands of Goans, it is not recognised by the law or the Sahitya Academi. This has resulted in the exclusion of those Goans who write using the Romi script

Indigenous languages get a much-needed boost thanks to StoryWeaver, an online platform

Storybooks in tribal languages are an excellent tool for primary education in those languages. This is where an online platform like StoryWeaver — developed by Pratham Books with support from Google — comes in.

Amazon launches a new Cleo skill to let you teach Alexa Indian languages

These skills can be accessed on all Amazon Echo devices as well as the free Alexa app for smartphones.

Over 43% of Indians name Hindi as their mother tongue, reveals Census data; Bengali, Marathi, Telugu in top 4

Hindi was entered as the mother tongue by a larger percentage of Indians in the 2011 Census in comparison to the 2001 edition, states the latest language data made public on Tuesday

Why the translation of vernacular literature in India into English is an act of solidarity

The translation of writings in vernacular languages into English brings voices of revolution and those of the subaltern to the privileged and the powerful — challenging them in their space.

Indian government extends the deadline to add support for Indian languages in mobile phones to February 2018

The body noted that implementation of local Indian languages on handsets would fuel the growth of the industry substantially.