Odia gets classical language status
>> Odia is
billed as the first language from the Indo-Aryan linguistic group and the case
for making it a classical language was also premised on the fact that it has no
resemblance to Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali and Telugu. The proposal was moved by
the Culture Ministry.
>> Once a
language is declared classical,
1) It gets
financial assistance for setting up a centre of excellence for the study of
that language and also opens up an avenue for two major awards for scholars of
eminence.
2) University
Grants Commission can be requested to create – to begin with at least in
Central Universities – a certain number of professional chairs for classical
languages for scholars of eminence in the language.
>> The
criteria for declaring a language as classical mandates high antiquity of its
early texts/recorded history over a period of 1,500-2,000 years, a body of
ancient literature/texts which is considered a valuable heritage by generations
of speakers and a literary tradition that is original and not borrowed from
another speech community.
>> Also since the classical language and literature is distinct from the modern, there can also be a discontinuity between the classical language and its later forms or its offshoots.
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