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ROING, Sept 18: A joint meeting of Adi Culture and Literary Society (ACLS) and
Adi Litterateurs of Lower Dibang Valley district was held at Heritage Academy
School, Meka Roing Gyesterday regarding the Adi Script and the introduction of Adi
Literary Day.
After thorough discussion pertaining to
various issues and complicacies concerning Adi script and literature, the house
decided to observe Adi Literary Day in memory of Late Dugyon Lego, first
teacher in Adi dialect and in recognition of his pioneering works in Adi
literature. The day, which would be fixed later, would be observed from the year
2013 onward every year thereby giving a platform to the Adi litterateurs and
also to use the occasion to felicitate them. The house also decided that the
new Adi Primer that would be introduced in the schools of Adi inhabited areas as
third language will be published by the ACLS, Lower Dibang Valley district in
conformation with the laid down norms of NCERT. It was further decided to adopt
the script as per the principles of International Phonetics Association (IPA) to
use colon (:) like symbols instead of double vowels, eg, A:LANGKA (WELCOME) and
hyphen (-
ACLS President Kirpa Pertin
appraised the house about the letters accepted by AAK and proposals sent by it
to take General Consensus among the Adi writers and litterateurs of the district
before finalization. Editor ACLS Atet Pertin, highlighted the aims and
objectives of the meeting and also threw lights on the history of Adi scripts
emphasizing the role of Christian Missionaries that has played a vital role in
evolving Adi Script since the last part of 18th Century and early part of the
19th Century. The members present opined that the script whatever evolved
should be user friendly as far as possible and at the same time should not lost
its original sound.
The meeting was attended by Mibom
Pertin, President ABK LDV unit, Bassu Perme, ex-
