dictionary.
– Photo : Amar Ujala.
Expansion
For the first time, a dictionary has been prepared by collecting 76,000 words of Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Braj and Bundelkhandi languages. The State Education Institute has taken this initiative to save the endangered words of these languages. Primary copies of separate dictionaries of the four languages have been printed. The institute has sought budget from the government for publishing them in a large form. Then, these will be sent to primary schools so that teachers can also increase the vocabulary of children.
The history of Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Braj and Bundeli languages is older than Hindi. Hindi later developed from these words. These languages are spoken at regional level. Now as the usage of Hindi and English has increased, words from regional languages are slowly going out of use. Words like Eenar, Chakiya, Chhokda, Jangra, Jhaua, Bada, Ladhiya, Labar, Larikai, Sujni, Hare-Khaade, Bhojpuri words like Ehar, Gujaral, Chaufer, Chak, Doem etc. are rarely used in Awadhi language.
Most words are from Brajbhasha
To preserve these words, the State Education Institute started the process of word compilation last year on the instructions of the then Director General of School Education Vijay Kiran Anand. A team of 12 experts was formed to collect words from all four languages from across the state. After many months of hard work, it has now been prepared. Four books have been made for this. It has 17 thousand words of Awadhi, 19 thousand of Bhojpuri, 22 thousand of Braj and 18 thousand of Bundelkhandi.
