Workshop on Poula Dialect Dictionary concludes at Senapati
Source: The Sangai Express
Senapati, November 27 2022:
The 6-days long workshop on Poula Dialect Dictionary organised by Poumai Literature Society concluded yesterday at National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), Senapati.
The workshop was conducted under the chairmanship of Dr N Ngupani Tao from November 21 to 26.Members of the Literature Society along with Dr Sahiinii L Veikho, a postdoctoral researcher from French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS, Paris) attended the event as resource persons.
Representatives from almost all the Poumai Naga villages also attended the workshop.
The workshop was organised to support community members to come up with a consistent spelling system particularly the tone marking in the alphabets.
The dialects dictionary once published will be a reference book for any literary writing in the coming days.
The organisers of the workshop expressed their sincere gratitude to Y Subhaschandra Singh, Scientist-E, officer in-charge, NIELIT, Senapati Extension Centre and KL Rita Kho, faculty member of NIELIT Senapati Extension Centre for their support.