Thali dialect
| Thali | |
|---|---|
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| Native to | Pakistan |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | thal1241 |
  Thali dialect | |
| Coordinates:31°N71°E/ 31°N 71°E | |
Thaḷīis aWestern Punjabidialect spoken in parts of thePakistaniprovinces ofPunjabandKhyber Pakhtunkhwa.It is classified by some linguists as a northern dialect ofSaraiki,[1][2]although it has also been described as transitional betweenMultaniandShahpuri Punjabi.[3]Its name derives from theThal Desert.[3]
InDera Ismail Khan District,it goes by the name of "Ḍerāwāl"[4]or "Derawali",[3]and inMianwaliandBannudistricts it is known as "Hindko"or" Mulkī ".[3]A dialect of Thali spoken in the northeast is known as "Kacchī".[5]Inhabitants of Dera Ismail Khan District, presumably speakers of this dialect, variously identify their language as Saraiki or Hindko.[6]Likewise those living in Mianwali District identify their language asPunjabior Saraiki.[7]
References
[edit]- ^Wagha 1997,pp. 229–31.
- ^Shackle 1976,p. 8.
- ^abcdSingh 1970,p. 142.
- ^Masica 1991,p. 426.
- ^Bahri 1963,pp. 16–17.
- ^Rensch 1992,pp. 7–8, 57.
- ^South Asia Partnership-Pakistan.Profile of district Mianwali(PDF).pp. 12–13. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 22 May 2013.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bahri, Hardev (1963).Lahndi Phonetics: with special reference to Awáṇkárí.Allahabad: Bharati Press.
- Grierson, George A.(1919)."Thali".Linguistic Survey of India.Vol. VIII, Part 1,Indo-Aryan family. North-western group. Specimens of Sindhī and Lahndā.Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India.
- Masica, Colin P.(1991).The Indo-Aryan languages.Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-0-521-23420-7.
- Rensch, Calvin R. (1992). "The Language Environment of Hindko-Speaking People". In O'Leary, Clare F.; Rensch, Calvin R.; Hallberg, Calinda E. (eds.).Hindko and Gujari.Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan. Islamabad: National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University and Summer Institute of Linguistics.ISBN969-8023-13-5.
- Shackle, Christopher(1976).The Siraiki language of central Pakistan: a reference grammar.London: School of Oriental and African Studies.
- Singh, Atam (1970). "An introduction to the dialects of Punjabi".Pākhā sanjam.3(1).ISSN0556-4417.The account of Thali here is based entirely on Grierson'sLinguistic Survey of India.
- Wagha, Muhammad Ahsan (1997).The development of Siraiki language in Pakistan(Ph.D.). School of Oriental and African Studies.(requires registration).