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Code Mixing in Nepali Language Spoken in Gangtok Town

Saraswati Mishra, M.Phil.

Abstract

Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim, which is the 22nd state of India. It is spread over a ridge at 6,500 ft. above the sea level. Precise meaning of the name ‘Gangtok’ is still unclear though the popular meaning is ‘hill top’. According to 2011 Census the total population of Gangtok is 98,658. There are 11 official languages of Sikkim viz. Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, Limbu, Newari, Rai, Gurung, Mangar, Tamang, Sunwar, and English.

Nepalis comprise the majority of Gangtok’s residents. Lepcha’s and Bhutia’s also constitute a sizeable portion of the populace. Additionally, a large number of Tibetans have migrated to the town. Immigrant resident communities not native to the region include the Marwaris, who own most of the shops, the Biharis who are employed in mostly blue-collar jobs and the Bengalis.

Code Mixing

Unlike dialect, vernacular, language, style, standard language, pidgin and creole, which are inclined to arouse emotions, a ‘neutral’ term code, taken from information theory, is used to refer to any kind of system that two or more people employ for communication (Wardhaugh, 2010: 84). In other words, code refers to a language or a variety of language. In the similar vein, code mixing is an instance of language use where two codes are used without a change of topic in a discourse. There are cases where a fluent bilingual talking to another fluent bilingual changes language without any change at all in the situation. This kind of alternation is called code mixing. To get the right effect the speakers balance the two languages against each other as a kind of linguistic cocktail- a few words of one language, then a few words of the other, then back to the first for a few more words and so on. If the shift from one code to another is absolute it is the code switching (Hudson, 2015: 53).

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Saraswati Mishra
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Department of Nepali
Sikkim University
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