{"id":3876,"date":"2016-08-27T12:27:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T06:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/?p=3876"},"modified":"2018-07-09T00:46:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T19:16:40","slug":"kodava-in-coorg-endangered-language-comes-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/kodava-in-coorg-endangered-language-comes-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodava in Coorg: Endangered Language Comes Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One\u00a0can spend languorous afternoons soaking their\u00a0eyes in\u00a0the green splendor of Coorg. The\u00a0smoky and cloud-shrouded mountains beckon us to spend some amazing scenic moments in nature\u2019s lap. But Coorg and its people have an unspoken cultural side which they are proud\u00a0of and\u00a0protect zealously.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69588\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69588\" src=\"http:\/\/gounesco.com.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/26170348\/coorg-landscape-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful green landscape of Coorg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The beautiful green landscape of Coorg \u00a0Source: www.farehawker.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The\u00a0Coorgis or Kodava people speak\u00a0<em>Kodava Tak<\/em> which happens to be a Dravidian dialect. Linguists are of the opinion that the language is still in its infancy, but with generous contributions from philanthropists, it has taken prominent stride and now it is spoken by a large section of the Kodava population.<\/p>\n<p>Some European scholars showed some interest to study the language sometime only in the 19th century. With just 50 characters, the Kodava script was developed by Dr Koravanda Appaya who is considered to be the pioneer in this field. Some numerical symbols were also developed.<\/p>\n<p>Dr I M Muthanna, who was a renowned writer in both Kannada and English can be given the credit for developing a 26-letter alphabet. But after Dr Gregg M Cox, a German linguist, stepped into the picture, something very interesting happened to this language.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3936\" style=\"width: 793px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3936\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/goheritagerun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/05192254\/coorgi-alphabet.jpg\" alt=\"The Corrgi-Cox alphabet. Photo credit: fontzone.net\" width=\"793\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/goheritagerun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/05192254\/coorgi-alphabet.jpg 793w, https:\/\/s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/goheritagerun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/05192254\/coorgi-alphabet-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/goheritagerun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/05192254\/coorgi-alphabet-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Corrgi-Cox alphabet. Photo credit: fontzone.net<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Muthanna emphasized the importance of developing a script and expressed that the language should not depend on Kannada for its script by stating \u201cA language without an alphabet is like a family without a name\u201d. And taking the alphabet from another language is as good as adopting the name of your next-door neighbor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69609\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69609 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gounesco.com.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/27120333\/925035232s.jpg\" alt=\"Coorg2\" width=\"800\" height=\"476\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can spend languorous afternoons soaking your eyes in the virgin green splendor of Coorg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Due to the widespread use of the Kannada script, it is questionable that how much of an impact shall be made by the Coorgi dialect. On the path of gaining official recognition, it is very important for the language to have its own script.\u00a0 The Coorgi-Cox is customized and is not based on any other alphabet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Several visits by the linguist to the place gave its structural form, consonants\u00a0and\u00a0vowels which has made it distinct since February 2003.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to observe its path of popularity with one sect arguing that it would soon disappear and hence should just be allowed to thrive, while another set strongly feels they need to hold on to the script developed by a foreign linguist since their neighboring regions and zones have hold on dearly to preserve their regional dialects such as\u00a0Tulu and Konkani.<\/p>\n<p>May the unique dialect carve its own path for upholding anything and everything related to Coorg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One\u00a0can spend languorous afternoons soaking their\u00a0eyes in\u00a0the green splendor of Coorg. 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