LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 11 November 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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A Brief Introduction of Hindko Language

Nasim Akhtar Raja, Haroon-ur-Rashid & Ayesha Sohail

Abstract

The main focus of this paper is to introduce briefly an Indo-Aryan language called Hindko, specifically, sketching out its grammar essential for understanding its salient structural characters. Structurally, this language resembles its sister languages like Hindi Urdu, Punjabi etc. Though, Hindko is spoken in different parts of Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Kashmir yet its linguistic documentation is not done so far. This preliminary type of work will not only bring it to the notice of the linguistic community but also attract the attention of researchers.

Introduction

The term ‘Hindko’ is used to mean different things. For one thing, Hindko refers to a language. It also refers to the river Indus. Yet another use of this term is found in Greek references where it refers to the mountainous region in eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan ‘Hindkush’. Shackle (1980) stated that the term Hindko refers to “the Indian language” and claimed that it was a generic term applied to Indo-Aryan dialect continuum in the northwest frontier and adjacent district of Attock in the Punjab province of Pakistan to differentiate it from Pashto language. Grierson (1916) used it to refer to “the language of Hindus”.

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Nasim Akhtar, Ph.D.
Department of English, University of AJ&K
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Haroon-ur-Rashid
Assistant Professor, Department of English
University of AJ&K
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Ayesha Sohail, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Department of English
University of AJ&K
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