TransoPlanet

Door to the upliftment of a country and a nation is its mother tongue.

স্বদেশ আৰু স্বজাতিৰ উন্নতিৰ মংগল-মন্দিৰৰ সিংহদুৱাৰ হৈছে মাতৃভাষা।

Lakshminath Bezbarua

Contributed by Samujjal, Assamese linguist

"इदमन्धतमः कृत्स्नं जायेत भुवनत्रयम्। यदिशब्दाह्वयं ज्योतिरासंसारं न दीप्यते।।"

"That all these three worlds would have been in complete darkness had it not been there sabda as the light which illuminates all three worlds’ that all these three worlds would have been in complete darkness had it not been there sabda as the light which illuminates all three worlds" - (Acharya Dandi, Sanskrit Poet)

Contributed by Mr. Siva, Sanskrit Linguist

“Hnam min phuar khawmtu ber chu ṭawng hi a ni a. Hming te, ram te, hnam dante leh thil dang dang te chu an pawimawh hlawm nachungin, min phuar khawmtu ropui ber chu ṭawng pakhata kan inbe thei hi a ni.”

“Language unites the tribe. Names, countries, customary practices and others are important, however, being able to communicate with another using the same language is the greatest unifier.” - Ralluaii Chhangte

Contributed by Mr. Prakash, Lead Mizo Linguist

માતૃભાષા દરવાજા જેવી છે, અંગ્રેજી ભાષાને બારી કહી શકાય. બારી બહાર ડોકિયું કરવા કામ લાગી શકે. પણ, આવન-જાવન તો દરવાજા દ્વારા જ થઈ શકે ! Mother tongue is like door, English is like window. you can peek outside by window, But, you need to step out only by the door! -Mahatma Gandhi

Contributed by Mrs. Kaushar, Lead Gujarati linguist

By words we learn thoughts, and by thoughts we learn life.

“Kokthai bai chung wansokmung swrungo, tei wansokmung bai chung thang nani swrungo.” -Jean Baptiste Girard

Contributed by Mr. Abhijit, Agartala

লাইররবী ইরোন্নি খঙদবনা হায়বনি মৈতৈ কবি লাকখিনি"Poor mother tongue Tell by those who don’t know Meitei Poet will appear" -Sahitya Ratna Khwairakpam Chaoba Singh

Contributed by Mr. Brojen, Lead Manipuri Linguist

এক দোর বন্ধ হলে দশ দোর খুলে যায়; বোবার এক মুখ বন্ধ হলে দশ আঙুল তার ভাষা তর্জমা করে দেয়। - সৈয়দ মুজতবা আলী (বাঙালী সাহিত্যিক)

When one door closes, ten more doors open up Ten fingers of a mute person translate his language. - Syed Mujtaba Ali

Contributed by Mr Misbah, Bengali linguist