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Volume 19:10 October 2019
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Reduplication in Dhundhari and Adi

Sonam Meena, Research Scholar
Jawaharlal Nehru University
sonammeena@gmail.com
Phone number: 7982408665

Abstract

This paper tries to investigate a typological study of reduplication and its structure and patterns of two languages belonging to entirely different language families viz-a-viz Dhundhari which is an indo Aryan language and Adi, a Tibeto-Burman language. Reduplication is a common phenomenon and an important morphological process in the grammar of both the languages where a lexical item is obtained from the existing base word and showing the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic functions. This paper exemplifies types of reduplication processes with the help of examples. Further, we will also look at the aspect of Expressive morphology presented in both Dhundhari and Adi, thus showing a correlation between the two far off languages.

Introduction

Dhundhari is the second major language of Rajasthan which is the biggest state of India with its capital located in Jaipur. Dhundhari is the second largest speaking group of Rajasthani better known as Jaipuri with around nine million speakers. It covers the districts of Jaipur, Dausa, Tonk, Sawai Madhopur and Karauli. It is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Dhundhar region of northeastern Rajasthan State and is also called as Dhundhadi. It does exhibit certain morphological features which are found common in Adi language despite of it being belonging to a different language family.

So, reduplication is a typological feature which has its root everywhere and this feature is considered very productive as it forms new lexical items after reduplication.

If we analyse the languages of Tibeto-Burman and Austro- Asiatic family, it is imperative to look for such structures, as these families employ this phenomenon as one of the most productive processs of deriving new lexical items. Adi is a language spoken by the Adis, one of the largest hill tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. Though they were formerly known as Abors, their tribe name as per the census records is Adi. The Adis are sub–divided into different sub- tribes. Among them are Padam, Minyong, Pangi, Shimong, Ashing, Pasi, Karko, Bokar, Bori, Ramo, Pailibo, Milan, Tngnam and Tagin. The Padam and Minyong are the largest groups. The total population of the Adis according to the 1911 census is 1.2 lakhs and they constitute the largest tribal group in Arunachal Pradesh. The Adis spread over in the East, West and upper Siang Districts of Arunachal Pradesh. The Adi inhabited area is about 21.229 sq.kms, excluding the areas in the Dibang and Subansiri valley

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Sonam Meena, Research Scholar
Jawaharlal Nehru University
sonammeena@gmail.com
Phone number: 7982408665
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