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New chairperson of Beary Sahitya Academy Umar UH takes charge

Mangaluru, KARNATAKA :

Mangaluru :

Social activist and convener Umar UH, who had been recently appointed as the chairperson of the Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy, took charge at the Academy office situated in the Mangaluru Taluk Panchayat building on Thursday.

Academy Registrar Rajesh G handed over the charge of the body to Umar and heartily congratulated him on his appointment as the new chairperson of the Academy.

Speaking on the occasion, Umar said that his dream of many years, to see a ‘Beary Bhavan’, could now be fulfilled as the Academy had a site as well as funds of Rs 6 crore to support the construction of a hall for the Beary Academy. He added that there were plans of providing the Beary Academy a full-fledged museum and a library similar to those of the Konkani and Tulu academies. The decision would be taken after holding discussions with the Academy members, said the chairperson.

Umar laid stress on working in harmony with the literary bodies of other languages and supporting the cultural co-existence in the coastal belt, adding that the Academy hoped to focus on research rather than cultural programs.

Former chairperson of the Academy Rahim Ucchil, Mohammed Hanif, Tulu Academy Chairperson Taranath Gatti and Konkani Academy Chairperson Stany Alvares were present on the occasion.

source: http://www.english.varthabharati.in / Vartha Bharati / Home> Karavali / by Vartha Bharati / June 13th, 2024

Beary language gets own script

Mangaluru, KARNATAKA :

The Beary script developed by Beary writers.

A script has been developed for the Beary language spoken mainly by a section of Muslims and others in the coastal region.

The initiative was taken by the Beary Sahithya Academy and the script was developed by nine-member Beary writers. 

Academy President Rahim Ucchil launched the script and said that the script has been developed in such a way that it will sync with the Unicode.

The script is unique. There are plans to launch an app to download the script in mobile phones shortly.

The expert team who developed the script are Abdul Rasheed Zaini Kamil Sakhafi, Aboobakker Siddiq, Haider Ali, Abdul Razak Ananthady, A K Kukkila, Muhammed Fouzeed, Abdul Samad Bava, Abdul Rahiman Kuthethoor and Hamza Malar.

Speaking about the script, Ucchil said it has 13 vowels, 33 consonants, numbers, months and days. Efforts will be made to popularise the script using the online platforms. 

Further, he said that the academy has submitted a proposal to introduce Beary as a third language in schools for students from class 6. Once it is approved, Beary language will also be taught in schools as a third language.

He said that Beary language is being spoken by nearly 20 lakh people across the world.  It serves as a vital link for Tulu, Malayalam, Kannada, Konkani, Kodava and other languages.

The academy plans to publish Beary Calendar titled ‘Naalkanakk’ for the year 2021, he added.  

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by DHNS, Mangaluru / September 12th, 2020