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Compound Verbs in Ahirani Language: A Descriptive Study

Lalit Kumar

Abstract

This paper presents a detailed description of Compound verb Structures in Ahirani Language. Ahirani Language is spoken in Khandesh region in Maharashtra state in India. This language belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family. Compound Verbs are made up of two verbs. The study delves into the syntactic, semantic, and morphological aspects of compound verb constructions, examining their structure. This paper is purely Descriptive in Nature.

Keywords: Ahirani Language, compound verbs, Indo-Aryan Language.

Introduction

Ahirani language is one of the most common languages spoken in Khandesh. Khandesh region mainly constitutes Dhulia, Jalgaon and Nandurbar districts (Patkar, Patil, Peddi - 2020). Ahirani is surrounded by Gujrati on the west and north-west, Rajasthani and Hindi in the north, Varhadi on the south and east (Chitnis, V. 1976). According to (Tarfe, O. S., & Bagul, M. 2024), Ahirani is one of the dialects of Marathi Language. They further said that “Ahirani is primarily spoken in the Ahirani region, which includes cities such as Dhule, Nandurbar, and Jalgaon in Maharashtra and certain parts of Gujarat. The region's notable Ahir community also speaks it. The dialect is influenced by the Ahir community's language, culture, and traditions, resulting in unique terminology and expressions. Ahirani Marathi features regional vocabulary, influenced by the Ahir community's language and lifestyle. The dialect may differ from mainstream Marathi due to unique phonetic traits, such as pronunciation and accent differences.” As per 2011 census, Ahirani has 16,36,465 speakers.

The objective of this paper is to look at the compound verb structure in Ahirani from the point of view of morphology, syntax and semantics and presents a descriptive analyses

Methodology and Data Collection

The data for this paper has been collected from Dhule District of Maharashtra. A questionnaire was prepared in advance focusing on the compound verb construction in Ahirani verbs. The language consultants from whom this data was collected are Prof. Sharad Bhaviskar sir and Prof. Pradeep Shinde sir. After collecting the data, it was sorted and glossing was done to analyse the data.

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Lalit Kumar
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Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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