Lastly
a few words about my informants and data collection.
The data were collected primarily for three
informants. They are Sri Gulam Rahim, Sri
Mohammad Isa and Sri Sring Phel. The first
two are educated up to 8th standard and are
working in the State Government. |
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The
Third informant Sri Sring Phel is and uneducated
person. All the informants know Purki(Balti),
Ladakhi and Urdu apart for their mother tongue,
Brokskat. |
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Sri
Mohammad Isa is form the village salmon and
he is 22 years old. Sri Gulam Rahim is form
the village Garkhon and he is 26 years old.
Sri Sring Phel is form the village Darchiks
and he is 32 years old. |
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Sri
Sring Phel is a Buddhist and Sri Mohammad
Isa is a Muslim. Sri Gulam Rahim is also a
Muslim. However,Sri Rahim converted to Islam
very recently and all his relatives are still
Buddhists. His language has less borrowing
form Urdu compared to the language of Sir
Isa. The grammar of this language and the
dictionary is mainly based on the data collected
form Sri Gulam Rahim. |
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Knowledge
of English of my informants is very limited.
I collected the data through my limited knowledge
of Hindi and through an interpreter, Mr Hameed
Thanveer, who knows English, Urdu and Kashmiri
apart form his mother tongue Purki. However,
the data collected from my informants were
checked form other speakers also. |
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| Reference: |
Ram
swami. N. 1975.
Brokskat
Phonetic Reader
Central Institute of Indian Languages,
Mysore-6. |
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Ram
swami. N. 1982.
Brokskat Phonetic Reader
Central
Institute of Indian Languages,
Mysore-6. |
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