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[lojban-beginners] Re: towns and countries
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- Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: towns and countries
- From: "A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 17:18:35 -0800 (PST)
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----- Original Message ----
> From: Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>
> To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org
> Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2008 4:35:29 PM
> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: towns and countries
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> On Jan 5, 2008 6:17 PM, A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
> >
> > Which brings up the problem, once again, of India which is {xingu'e} in
> jbovlaste (I'm only mentioning it again as someone new may bring some
> enlightenment). This name is based on the gismu for Hindi (the language of much
> of northern India and one of the two - along with English - official languages.
> Most people in southern India, who do not speak Hindi, would probably object to
> this identification.
>
> The wikipedia article
> has {la barat}, (although it should say {zo barat} in its first use).
>
Same problem. I believe {la barat} is based on the Hindi 'Bharat'. The Indian constitution refers to both Bharat and India. The old colonial name 'India' is there precisely because the southern Indian states objected to the Hindi-only name.
mu'o mi'e andrus