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Suprasegmental Features of Gulgulia

Sneha Mishra
Md. Mojibur Rahman

Abstract

The present study provides a description of suprasegmental features of the language spoken by the Gulgulia community in Dhanbad, India. It briefly deals with the nasalization process, length of the vowel sounds, stress pattern, juncture, and intonation pattern in this language.

Keywords: Gulgulia, suprasegmental, nasalization, length, stress, juncture, intonation

1. The Gulgulia Community

The Gulgulias are a nomadic community, often found on the outskirts of villages, near railway stations or forests. Risley is reported to have been told, that the Gulgulias derive their name from a sound like gul-gul, which they make while stabbing squirrels with a rod. They are chiefly distributed in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Bengal. They speak Gulgulia which is the mother-tongue of the community reported in the paper, ‘Mother Tongues of India according to the 1961 Census’ by B. Mallikarjun. Since they are nomadic people, they have picked up other languages being used in the region and show traits of multilingualism.

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Sneha Mishra
Adhoc Faculty
NIT Jamshedpur 831014
Jharkhand
India
sneha.carmel@gmail.com

Md. Mojibur Rahman
Associate Professor & Head
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian School of Mines
Dhanbad-826004
Jharkhand
India
mrahmanelt@gmail.com

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