User talk:Nitika.t/Outreach/Mail Draft for Prof/Director

Local, regional, global scope

I've made some edits to the first segments here, and will return. In general, it seems wording might be managed for a local audience a bit. When "Indian" languages are mentioned, there are languages of the Americas, often speakers are thought of as "Indians" or Native Americans. It seems necessary to begin to make use of some linguistics' tools, though they may not be well understood by lay persons. I'm thinking this over. More about KSRolph or rolphology KSRolph (talk) 16:35, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Describing Indian languages

So that there is no confusion, Indian languages, from India and the greater regions, are Indic; some scholars would refer to Indo-European or Aryan language families. The aboriginal languages of the Americas are usually (but not always) described as Amerind. Though I'm not an Indic languages specialist, I know that languages present a great deal of diversity, have borrowed much vocabulary, meaning, and language structure. The Indic languages, as I refer to them, are derived from the Ancient Sanskrit mother language. I am eager to learn more, and certainly open to better understanding of the Indo and Aryan families. Meanwhile, I may have more to say soon on this project user page. KSRolph (talk) 17:01, 10 May 2012 (UTC)