LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 11 November 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Mabhyani, a Lesser Known Mother Tongue of
Western Hindi Group

Somana Fatima, Ph.D.

Noida District

The total population of Noida (CT) is 305058 in which total male population is 168958 and total population of female is 136100 according to Census of India 2001. All the villages of Noida (CT) come under Ward No. 1, district Gautam Buddha Nagar. Noida was formed on April 19, 1976. The city is a separate district, called Gautam Budh Nagar, with its administrative HQ at Surajpur town. Noida is situated towards the north, close to Delhi. It is bound on the west and south-west by the river Yamuna, on the north and north-west by Delhi, on the north-east by Delhi and Ghaziabad and on the north-east, east and south-east by the river Hindon. Noida falls under the catchment area of the Yamuna River and is based on the old river bed.

Collection of Mabhyani Data

The field data (linguistic and extra-linguistic parameters) was collected from two informants Shri Rakesh Kumar (59 years) and his wife Shrimati Sudha Devi (54 years) of village Mamura, Sector 66 of Noida (CT). The mother tongue ‘Mabhyani’ was returned approximately by 18175 speakers in Census 2001. According to Table 10 of Census 2001 Guidelines, i.e. “janpad mein matra bhasha ke anusar jansankhiya 2001,” it is stated that Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali and other languages are used by the speakers of Noida. Mabhyani comes under the Khadi Boli Hindi. Noida has an average literacy rate of 68%.

Identification of the Mabhyani Community and the Region

This mother tongue is linguistically close to Haryanvi and Khadi Boli in which R (retroflex, flap), Rh (aspirated retroflex and flap) and N (retroflex, Nasal) are used very frequently. For example, gaRa ‘song’ and laRi ‘bring’ bARh rAhe ‘making’. Mabhyani is spoken in some villages of Sector 66 of Noida (CT), Gautam Buddha Nagar.

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Somana Fatima, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Community College
Shaqra University
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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