LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 19:12 December 2019
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Siraji: A Phonological Description

Sabba Mushtaq, M.A. Linguistics, M.A. English, NET, SET


Abstract

The present paper takes up the Phonological description of Siraji with focus on the segmental part including consonants, vowels, diphthongs, syllables, including their distribution and arrangement in the language.

Keywords: Siraji, Consonants, Consonant cluster, Syllable, and Vowels, Diphthongs, Gemination

1. Introduction

Siraji is the language that is primarily spoken in the mountainous area called Siraj situated in the Chenab valley, of Jammu and Kashmir and falls partly in district Ramban and partly in district Doda. Siraji has been classified as a dialect of Kashmiri (Grierson 1919). In the 2011 census, Siraji has been reported to be spoken by around 125,000 speakers. The word ‘Siraj’ means ‘The Kingdom of Shiva’ and hence any ‘wild mountainous country’ and the speech variety became Siraji. Grierson (1919) regarded Siraji as a mixed language because it contains borrowings from other languages with which it is in contact like Bhaderwahi, Kishtwari, Poguli and Rambani. It doesn’t have any script of its own and uses Arabic or Devnagri script. In this backdrop the present paper aims to provide a description of Siraji Phonology, wherein a detailed account of Siraji sounds would be given. The linguistic repertoire of Siraji speaker comprises of Siraji, Kashmiri, Urdu and English.


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Sabba Mushtaq, M.A. Linguistics, M.A. English, NET, SET
Department of Linguistics
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, J&K, India
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