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and Derivation. Chapter 4 is concerned with the syntactic
aspects of Purki language. The structure of phrases and
sentences has been presented and rules have been given to show
the relatedness between sentences. At the end, a text has been
given with English translation. Instead of presenting rigorous
formal analysis, we have stated the generalizations in terms of
statements. However we have tried to incorporate the insights of
both structural and transformational approaches. The underlying
motivation for writing such a grammar is pedagogic.
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NOTES
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The languages of Indo-Aryan and Dravidian also have this
same word order, i.e., subject-object-verb (SOV) order.
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Grierson (1971 : 42-50) says that Purki, according to the
conception of Ladakhis extends from the Zoji Pass to
Bhod-Kharbu and that it is closely related dto Balti and
Ladakhi and it can be treated as the connecting link between
the two. This name is derived from the name of the place
Purik. Historically this region was in Ladakh and then it
was transferred to Baltistan after the Dogra war, 1834-42.
After 1947, this region forms a part of the Ladakh district
which is in Jammu and Kashmir state.
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Jh is pronounced as voiceless palatal affricate (c&)
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These two villages were under Pakistan before the 1971
war. After the war, they have come under the Indian
administration.
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According to 1961 census, the total number of Purki speakers
is 33,459+112 (in U.P). According to 1971 census, there are
d40,136 Purki speakers.
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1. PHONOLOGY
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Phonemic invaentories
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Vowels
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There are fortythree segmental phonemes in Purki out of which
ten are vowel phonemes and thirty-three are consonant phonemes.
Of the ten vowels five are short and five are long. Each short
vowels five are short and five are long. Each short vowel has a
corresponding long vowel. So it is possible to isolate the
length and make it a phoneme. Then Purki will have six vowel
phonemes. 5 short vowels and one length.
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Front |
Central |
Back |
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/i |
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| Highermid |
e |
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/:/ |
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Consonants
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As it has been pointed out in (1.1.1.) there are thirtythree
consonant phonemes in Purki. The phoneme * is marginal and
it has not been counted. If it is added, the number of
phonemes would be thirty-four.
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