Dialect variation and associated G2P rules with reference to Bodo language
Purnendu Bikash Acharjee, Jyotismita Talukdar, Akalpita Das, Pranhari Talukdar · 2013
In this paper we are reporting the dependency of dialect variation while designing the G2P (Grapheme to Phoneme) rules for the Bodo language. The present study is based on the Bodo language, a language originated from the Sini-Tibetan family of languages. Language problem is becoming a major issue in all the ethnic disturbances in this part of India. Bodo language has a very little exposure in the greater national context. They are changing their scripts very often. Nearly 30 lakhs Bodo speaking people are spreading out the entire north-eastern region of India. So when they raised their demand for separate language identity from other ethnic groups of this region few factors becomes very important to establish ther identity in language domain. Because the ethnic groups Rabha, Kachari, Dimasa etc belong to same sino-Tibetan family of language and their languages are very close to each other. The present study primarly deals the issues of dialect variation within the same Bodo speaking people so that they can be isolated from nearest ethnic group in their linguistic domain. Finally an attempt has also been made to design the G2P rule for the Bodo language.