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Phonological Study of the Panchali (Poguli/Khah) Language

Shakeel Ahmed Sohil, M.A. English and Persian UGC NET, Ph.D. Scholar

Abstract

Panchali is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Pir Panchal region of jammu and Kashmir. It has various alternate names as Poguli, Khah, Pogali, Banihali, Khashali, Pugij, Khash Paristani, Pogli, Makerkoti, Vanshali and Banhali. But now Panchali has been kept its name. It has 2,00,000 speakers. It is bordered in the east by Kishtwari and Bhaderwahi, in the west by Pahari and Gojri, in the south by Dogri, and in the north by Kashmiri.

This paper aims at providing a basic sketch of Panchali phonology based on the field surveys done by the author from different areas of Pirpanchal range, primarily of Ramban district. This paper is the first attempt which highlights the phonological system of Panchali language in detail. The paper begins with presenting an inventory of Panchali sounds. In it the consonants, vowels, consonant clusters, vowel sequences, consonant sequences, syllables and tones are discussed.

Keywords: Indo-Aryan, Panchali, pogli khah speakers, phonology inventory, consonants tones

Introduction

Jammu and Kashmir has diversity of languages belonging to different language families. Panchali is one of the Indo-Aryan languages spoken in Pir Panchal belt of Jammu and Kashmir. It has been classified as regional dialect of Kashmiri spoken outside the valley of Kashmir. Various researches have shown its speakers from five to thirty thousand speakers, but as per my survey it has more than two lakh speakers scattered all over the world.

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Shakeel Ahmed Sohil, M.A. English and Persian
UGC NET, Ph.D. Scholar
Centre for Central Asian Studies
University of Kashmir
Srinagar 190006
Jammu and Kashmir
India
shakeelrahi85@gmail.com

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