The third National language Conference, jointly organised by the Institute of Odia Studies and Research and the Utkal University at the OUAT, on Saturday called for a need of formulating basic Odia grammars for Odia language.
The intellectual emphasised on developing new Odia grammars which should be more practical oriented. law and Panchayati Raj Minister Dr Arun Kumar Sahoo inaugurated the programme and said time has come to think how Odias are getting involved with the language. “It is crucial to learn our mother tongue in an effective manner as language determines our thought and life,” he added.
Attending as the chief guest, MP Pinaki Mishra said it is very painful to talk about language crisis. Eminent linguist Dr Debiprasanna Pattanayak chaired the session. As many as 28 research articles were discussed in the conference.