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- Title
Phonemes in Dhiyan.
- Authors
Singha, S. Sulochana
- Abstract
Dhiyan or Dehan is the name of language spoken by Koch-Rajbangshi people of Barak Valley. Dhiyan is mainly spoken in ten villages in the Eastern part of Barak river namely Horinagar, Japirbon, Leburbon, Gororbon, Dewan (Labok) or Dewan Bosti, Narayanpur, Larchingpar, Thaligram, Lakkhichora, and Digli. Ethnically, they are Mongoloids and their language may fall under the Indo-Aryan sub-group of the Indo-European language family, nevertheless no study has been made to prove their classification. The total population of Dhiyan speaking Koch-Rajbangshi in Barak valley is estimated about 5000 in approximate. The present paper is an attempt to describe the phonemic inventory of the language in terms of number of vowels, consonants and diphthongs including their distribution and arrangement in the language. The study will also investigate whether Dhiyan exhibits the phonological features of Indo-Aryan languages or not?
- Subjects
INDO-Aryans; INDO-Aryan languages; ETHNIC art; CONSONANTS
- Publication
Language in India, 2017, Vol 17, Issue 8, p248
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article