Jan 30, 2010

Languages from the Thar desert

Ne Vielak (Rajastan) mianelyr elovi an graeybeyn an birdokeyelir Vielak nidoraiel reyirder, slodeyides ind ne vargereyn ys Aeyrkmre sleddelemred. An nrai ys ddee sleddelemredeyn areyn Vielako in bnegamannad elnageyige. Vdyogdy ddee, ddene inne ayn rew sleddelemredeyn weene raelyr Vielak elove. Slawever, ne Vielak sleddelemred an Aeyrkmreodna inne nad areyelyr slamagreeaeyeyn rram ne baand ys voew ys esnok kambaodora. Aageser wog ne Vielak elovi inela Bisdeyn, Berona, Vrieyo, Keyrg, Kir Inomireyn (Harjana) nas Beynjivo, inelel ys zam beik Vielako evre ind slami an ddeor uws rimoelody. Memvereyn ys ddei esnok graeybeyn ysdre bnerer a' kraoger ddemeelvdy ineyn Vielak veelragang a' viroaey kelnaeyn nas arovdy.

Vielako areyn (Jaria, Pajari) bakre mianelyr an slaeys-wdyders Bikodna,slaeys-eiders Arrna, slaeysers Inrgnaodna nas ne Geyelga Diddy. Dde Vielako elnageyigi areyn an kradikd wog ayn neymver ys elnageyigdy an ne gorrerred kaeyndrody weene ard areyn bakre, nas anreleyreki rram ddei elnageyigdy ra Vielako an braedok, vakiveyeliras, marbaelagyr nas slasndix areyn anevodivele. An Bikodna, Vielako areyn eynger drrag anreleyreki ys Anga-Irasna elnageyigdy, vissa Eyrgey, Slango nas Elingi. An Inrgnaodna ard areyn eynger n'anreleyreki ys Giro nas Bisda, an Aeyrkmreodna ne Vielako elnageyigi areyn anreleyrekes vyr Aeyrkmre, nag, a' in eldyer sdred, vyr Reysona, nas an Arrna in nemirkiveli gegnee ys anreleyreki rram Berona kna vi raeyng. An ne Geyelga Diddy Vielako areyn anreleyrekeg vyr Inrivok.

An ne kredriel birdeyn ys Vielakodna, weene Vielako nag Vrieyo beikereyn elovi slogi vyr sloge, mnayr Vrieyo wargeyn inne eyes an Vielako, inelveod n'wiaodi anreleyreki ys Vielako eybra Vrieyo areyn meyk drrager.

Haspelmath, Martin. Does linguistic explanation presuppose linguistic description? Studies in Language 28.3: 554-579.

H. Shriniwasarangachar Biligiri, Kharia: phonology, grammar and vocabulary

Peterson, John. 2006. Kharia: A South Munda Language. Habilitationsschrift, Universität Osnabrück.
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