Another Typo in Wikipedia’s Logo Fractures the Kannada too
I know Devanagari but I never noticed this typo., never until I dug this story. Its a zig saw puzzle , with “wi” written all over its block with different languages Wikipedia supporting in their own script. NYTimes said “this time, however, they are not examples of vandalism at the user-created site but typographical errors in Wikipedia’s own logo.”. They noticed Sanskrit “wi” in Devanagari script. Someone else complained its Japaneses Katakana script is wrong too.
Some Errors Defy Fixes: A Typo in Wikipedia’s Logo Fractures the Sanskrit
The symbolism is not exactly ideal. Those on the lookout for errors at Wikipedia have flagged a few more — this time, however, they are not examples of vandalism at the user-created site but typographical errors in Wikipedia’s own logo.
Well well well , its Kannada script is wrong too. They have written some similar “wi” symbol (yet strange ) in kannada. In Sanskrit logo symbol reads “rwa” (as in Nirwana ), but in Kannada it does not make sence at all.
I dont have much of complaint, when they screwed Kannada’s mother Sanskrit itself- Kannada is what big deal.
Dear Wikipedia , in case you planned to repair your globe , change Kannada “Wi” too. Also just turn your zig saw puzzle , you might get more
Dear Nijavada,
Please note Sanskrit is mother of all Indo-Europian languages and Dravidian languages.. Just try speaking in pure kannada, without using a single sanskrit word….I am a Kannadiga for your information…..
Newin
December 28, 2011 at 5:30 am
I am a kannadiga brahmin and I can assure you that Sanskrit is not the mother of kannada. I know sanskrit fairly well too. You can find a lot of sanskrit loan words in kannada, for which kannada equivalents exists. In the past, there was even less sanskrit words in kannada. These words have been lost over a period of time.
It is even possible that Sanskrit borrowed many words from Old Kannada.
Harish Kumar
November 1, 2012 at 10:53 pm