LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 10 : 12 December 2010
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Identifying an Unknown Language Bahai in and around Kanpur Area

Md. Sohel Rana, Ph.D.

1. Mother Tongue Name

UNKNOWN (Given name BAHAI but no one claimed that it is spoken in Kanpur under municipal corporation and outside it. They called it Hindi or a variety of Hindi.

2. Location of the Mother Tongue

The data has been collected from the area of Kanpur (MC+OG), named Goaltoli. Kanpur is one of the most populous cities in North India and is the most populous city within the state of Uttar Pradesh. Area-wise Kanpur is the 5th largest city of India. Kanpur is located on the banks of the river Ganga. The city coordinates are 26.4670 degree North and 80.3500 degree East, placing it 83km from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Kanpur along with Allahabad and Fatehpur are part of the Lower Doab, which, in antiquity, was known as the Vats country. It is surrounded by two main rivers Ganga in the north-east and the Pandu River (Yamuna) in the south. The district surrounding Kanpur is Hamirpur in the south and Unnao in the north-east.

3. Informant's Name

The field data has been collected from the two informants, Rajeev Kormokar (35yrs) who is the teacher of a high school and Adil khan (25yrs) is a student of B.A. (f) What does this mean? Please expand it.

4. Total Population Of Kanpur (Mc+Og) Municipal Corporation and Outgrowth:

The city government was upgraded from Municipal Corporation in the year 1960. As per the census report of 2001, total population is 25.67 lacs and the total area is 230aqkm with 110 wards.

5. The People and Their Social Life

The speakers of this language are settled in this area for about four generations. The women speakers are mostly employed as domestic help, and men are involved in small business. Many work in small or big industries, because this city has many industries.

6. The Language Use in the Household and outside the Home

The household language of the speakers is their mother tongue which they are using even now in their 4th generation. In the domains outside home, i.e., in the bazaar, in-group meetings, within the locality and in the place of work, they use their mother tongue. But, of course, in formal communication, or when they talk with the educated in social domains, Hindi is used. Also they try to use some English words due to the globalization of that language.

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