Bauria language

Bauria
Bauria
ਬੌਰੀਆ / بوریا
Native to	India
Ethnicity	Bhil
Native speakers	63,028 (2011 census)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Western Indo-Aryan Bhil Northern Bauria; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bge
Glottolog	baur1251

Bauria, also called Baori, is a Bhil language of India. It is spoken by the Babaria and Moghia. It is closely related to Habura, Pardhi, and Siyalgir^[3]

Classification and grammar

Bauria is a Bhil language. The /s/ phoneme regularly becomes [k^h], except before /i/ or /e/. /k^h/ may weaken to [h].

The genetive posposition is nō or nan (feminine nī, oblique masculine nā). The dative is nū̃, nē, nai, or nā̃. Nā̃ is borrowed from the surrounding Punjabi. The oblique suffix is often weakened to n, as in tihōn, 'to them'. The ablative suffix is thō, which agrees in gender and case with the governing noun. The locative and agentive suffixes are -ē.

The pronouns are as follows:


Case	Singular			Plural
Case	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Nomenative	hū̃	taū̃, tū̃	yōh, tiō	hamē̃	tamē̃	tē, tēhē
Oblique	mannē		tīnē		tauhē̃	tēhō, tīhō, tihōn
Genitive	m(h)ārō	tā(h^a)rō	inhō	hamārō	tamāh^arō	tēhōnō, tihōnō
Locative	mī̃	tī̃, tēn	tīnē, tē̃	hamē̃	tamē̃	tē, tēhē

The verb substantive is sō̃ 'I am' and uttō 'was'. uttō becomes -tō when used as an auxiliary to form the perfective. The present continuous uses sō̃ as an auxiliary. The past participle ends un -iō. The negative verb prefixes kō-.

Sample passage

The following is a sample passage provided by Grierson:

Ēk

One

janā-nai

man-DAT

bai

two

dīk^ar-ā

son-PL

uttā.

were

A man had two sons.

Tihō-mai-thē

3PL-LOC-AGT

nanōṛ-ē

younger-NOM

dīkr-ē

son-NOM

āgā-nai

father-OBL

kēh^awā

say

lagiō,

begin-PST.PAS,

'ō

'o

āgā,

father,

jō

what

ap^arō̃

GEN.2SG

walēwō

property

hi-riō

remain-PST.PAS

tihā-mai-thō

that-ABL

mannē

1SG.OBL

bhāg^lō

share

dai-dē.'

give-away."

The younger began to say to the father, "Oh father, what property is for you to give to me?"

Ti-nē

3SG-AGT

tihōn

3PL-DAT

walēwō

property

waṇḍī

divide-PRF

diddō.

give-PST.PAS.

He gave them his divided property

Ghanā

many

dan

days

kō-thāiā-nahī̃

NEG-be.PST-at.all

tē

then

nanōrē

younger-AGT

dīk^arē

son-AGT

kharō

all

walēwō

property

bhēlō

together

karī-liddō,

collect-PST.PAS

Not many days passed until the younger son collected all the property

References

^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
^ "Kurux". Ethnologue. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ Grierson, George A. 1907. Indo-Aryan Family: Central Group: The Bhīl Languages, Including Khāndēśī, Banjārī or Labhānī, Bahrūpiā, &c. (Linguistic Survey of India, IX(III).) Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. 332pp.

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[1] "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[Kurux-2] "Kurux". Ethnologue. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

[3] Grierson, George A. 1907. Indo-Aryan Family: Central Group: The Bhīl Languages, Including Khāndēśī, Banjārī or Labhānī, Bahrūpiā, &c. (Linguistic Survey of India, IX(III).) Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. 332pp.

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