A two-day workshop on script styles of tribal languages and software making with focus on Kui language was inaugurated here on Saturday on behalf of the Central Institute of Indian languages (CIIl) and the Academy of Tribal languages and Culture (ATlC). Padma Shree Debiprasanna Patnaik, CIIl Director Prof Awadesh Kumar Mishra, Prof Khageswar Mohapatra, Prof Jagannath Prasad Dash, Prof Kailash Chandra Tikayat Ray, Prof Basant Mallick, Prof Pramod Parida, Prof Akhila Bihari Ota, Prof Panchanan Mohanty, Dr Manmath Kundu, Dr Paramanand Patel, Dr Kshetrabasi Minaseth, Anuja Mohan Pradhan, Odia Sahitya Academy Secretary Ashwina Kumar Mishra and many others having expertise on Kui language participated in the programme.
Padma Shree Patnaik said all languages should be given equal importance. Dr Awadesh Mishre opined that people belonging to different languages would be amicable and live peacefully when their languages would be developed. Now, 62 tribal communities speak 22 different languages in Odisha. Right efforts should be made to develop script style of these languages so that they would be accepted by common people, opined most of the speakers. The workshop, which is being organised at the Adivasi ground, will conclude on Sunday.