Khandeshi language
Appearance
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Khandeshi | |
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Ahirani, Khandeshi | |
खान्देशी, अहिराणी | |
Native to | Maharashtra,India |
Region | Khandesh |
Native speakers | 1.86 million (2011 census)[1] |
Devanagari[3] | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:khn – Khandeshiahr – Ahirani (duplicate code) |
Glottolog | khan1272 |
Distribution of Khandeshi speakers (2011) |
Khandeshiis anIndo-Aryan languagespoken in theKhandeshregion of north-westMaharashtraand also inGujarat.[4]It consists of Khandeshi proper, and the Dangri andAhiranidialects.[5]Kunbi and Rangari also are dialects. Ahirani dialect of this language is mostly spoken.Devanagariscript is used to write Khandeshi language.[6]The words "Ahirani" and "Khandeshi" are sometimes used interchangeably: Ahirani as the caste-based name (afterAhirs), and Khandesh as the region-based name. The Census of 1911, 1921 and 1931 counted the Ahirani speaking people as Gujaratis[7]but in latter decades they've been recognized as a different language.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | voiced | m | n | (ɳ) | ŋ | ||
breathy | mʱ | ||||||
Stop/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | ʈ | tʃ | k | |
aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʈʰ | kʰ | |||
voiced | b | d | ɖ | dʒ | g | ||
breathy | bʱ | dʱ | ɖʱ | dʒʱ | gʱ | ||
Fricative | s | ʃ | ɦ | ||||
Approximant | voiced | ʋ | l | j | |||
breathy | ʋʱ | ||||||
Rhotic | voiced | r | |||||
breathy | rʱ |
- /n/ is heard as a retroflex [ɳ] when before retroflex stops.
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Low-mid | ɐ | ||
Low | a |
All vowels can be short or long.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011".censusindia.gov.in.Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.Retrieved2018-07-07.
- ^Ernst Kausen, 2006.Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen(Microsoft Word,133 KB)
- ^"Khandeshi Alpha bet, pronunciation and language".omniglot.Retrieved2023-06-20.
- ^"Khandeshi Alpha bet, pronunciation and language".omniglot.Retrieved2023-06-20.
- ^Robert Vane Russell (1916).pt. II. Descriptive articles on the principal castes and tribes of the Central Provinces.Macmillan and Company, limited. pp. 19–.
- ^"Khandeshi Alpha bet, pronunciation and language".omniglot.Retrieved2023-06-20.
- ^P. 12535Parliamentary Debates, House of the People: Official ReportBy Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha
- ^Chitnis, Vijaya Shridhar (1964).The Khandeshi dialect (as spoken by farmers in the village of Mohadi in the Dhulia Taluka).Poona: Deccan College.