आवा गढ़वाळी सिखला -३६
Let us Learn Garhwali -36
Bhishma Kukreti
Learning Alphabets through Folk Songs -1
Garhwali language is more than two thousand years old language and one of the oldest Indian languages. Secondly, Garhwal had been a sovereign nation till 1800 AD and no Islamic rular could rule this nation for a second (though many rulers tried ). It means Garhwalis innovated many means and methods by their own to teach the language to thie children. One of the innovative method was teaching through folk songs.
This song was developed by our folks to teach alphabets to children. Indeed ! Innovative method!!
लोक गीतुं न स्वर ज्ञान सिखण (Learning Vowels throgh Folk Songs )
अ ,आ, कख आ
इ, ई, सेंण दी
उ, ऊ, खाणा कू
ओ, औ , जाणि द्यौ
अं , अ: , अहा ह़ा SSSS
Collected and edited by Dr. Nand Kishor Dhoundiyal
Bhishma Kukreti, bckukreti@gmail.com