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Volume 19:12 December 2019
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The Language- Orthography in Mackenzie Kaifiyats
Article in Telugu

Dr. Kolleti Ravibabu

Abstract

SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE

Village Local Record is called 'Local history ' or 'Village history ' in Telugu. Between 1793-1816, Mackenzie collected Kaifiyats (Arabic word for records) when he was Surveyor General in South India during the East India Company. These are called Mackenzie Kaifiyats because these were collected by Mackenzie. They are useful in determining the historical, geographical, social, cultural and linguistic features of villages. After British came to power in India, that is, since 18th century, they used colloquial style language for Revenue, Police, and Law, etc.

Language Structure

Inscriptions in Telugu land are most important to know the structure of Telugu language. Yet, the language of the inscriptions is not necessarily a contemporary language. The language of the inscriptions is also limited to the limited purpose of the administrative language. Kaifiyats are written by karanas (traditional accountants/record keepers) and villagers so it became local language. In all administrative affairs, there are many words and non-native words that may not be understood now. For these reasons, it is said that the Telugu language has become a modern tongue and that Mackenzie started it with Kaifiyats. McKenzie’s is very similar to the scriptural approach to the laws of the Kaifiyats. By observing phonemic and morphemic distribution, meanings, etc., from the scientific viewpoint of the Kaifiyats, we can understand the orthographic changes in language.

Languages and Orthographic Changes

Inscriptions and Kaifiyats are the main sources to understand the Evolution of Telugu Language. In the Kaifiyats we can see the language used in village administration particularly revenue, agricultural and cultural language. From the second half of the nineteenth century, we can find the changes in the writing of language because of modern education system. We can find 15 types of Orthographic changes in Kaifiyats.

The aim of this paper is to study these Orthographic changes in the Telugu language.

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DR. KOLLETI RAVIBABU
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