LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:12 December 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

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Verb Morphology in Kisan

A. K. Kujur, Ph.D. Scholar

Abstract

The empirical evidence of morphological complexities in Kisan language indicates the formations of verb in finiteness, causation and passivization. It highlights some salient properties of Kisan as a language of Dravidian family. A complex variety of inflectional markings in verb morphology provides a subtle identity to the language. Non-Dravidian language changes in Kisan language are the outcomes of its contact situation with the neighbouring languages belonging to Indo-Aryan and Austro-Asiatic language families.

Keywords: Verb Morphology, Finiteness, Causation, Passivization, Kisan language

Introduction

The topography makes Kisan (formerly known as ?????) speech variety very unique and prominent. Geographical location of Kisan in Orissa presents a fascinating linguistic landscape and thus reflects the complex and very rich case of language restructuration. Genealogically the language belongs to Dravidian family. Researchers have worked on the Dravidian spoken in Central and North regions; however, almost no work has been done in Kisan. (Perumalsamy, 2002) records the speech variety in the Linguistic Survey of India as spoken mainly in the districts of Sundergarh and Sambalpur situated in the northwest Orissa. As per the 1991 Census, the number of speakers in India is 162,088 and Orissa alone has 160,704. The number is on the decline as the speakers are moving rapidly to dominant languages like Oriya and Hindi. Kisan will no doubt be gradually used as the second language in the near future.

The present article attempts to present the morphological intricacies in finites, non-finites, causation, and passive structures in Kisan. The detail account of the verb forms contributes in the development of the overall knowledge system that the native-speaker of Kisan possesses. We are able to excavate the hidden linguistic rules of Kisan language which would further help to find the missing link with aboriginals of with other social groups in the area.

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A. K. Kujur, Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Linguistics
Berhampur University
Ganjam-760007
Odisha
India
akk.ling@buodisha.edu.in
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