Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh State Institute of Education (SIE) designed a first-of-its-kind dialects dictionary containing 76,000 words in regional dialects/languages of the State like Bhojpuri, Awadhi, Braj and Bundelkhandi aimed at conserving regional dialects of the State and also promoting and helping in removing linguistic barriers.
The dictionary consists of four books and is in the publishing stage. The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), the nodal agency, will release the volumes soon. The initiative is in line with the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which calls for conserving and promoting regional dialects.
Some 22,000 words of Braj language are being compiled in one volume. In the other volume, 18,000-odd words, used in Bhojpuri are being compiled with their Hindi meanings given alternately, so students can understand them.
Similarly, 17,000 words of Awadhi and 19,000 words of Bundelkhandi dialect have been compiled in the respective set of the dictionary, with their meaning given in Hindi.
Uttar Pradesh believes through these dictionaries, teachers will be able to explain the topics in a more descriptive way to the enrolled students in their local dialects.
