Shina language
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| Shina | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
Northern Areas, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Genetic classification: |
Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Dardic Shina Shina |
| Subdivisions: |
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| ISO 639-2: | scl |
Shina (also known as Tshina) is a Dardic language and is spoken by a plurality of people in Northern Areas of Pakistan. The Valleys include Astore, Chilas, Dareil, Tangeer, Gilgit, Ghizer, and a few parts of Baltistan and Kohistan. It is also spoken in Gurez, Kargil and Ladakh valleys of India. There were 321,000 speakers of Gilgiti Shina as of 1981, and an estimated total of speakers of all dialects of 550,000.
Dialects include Gilgiti Shina (the main dialect), Astori Shina, Brokskad (of Baltistan and Ladakh), Domaaki, Kohistani Shina, Palula, Savi and Ushojo.
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[edit] Phonology
[edit] Vowels
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[edit] Consonants
| Labial | Coronal | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | Plain | p | t | ʈ | k | ||
| Aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʈʰ | kʰ | |||
| Voiced | b | d | ɖ | ɡ | |||
| Affricate | Plain | ʈʂ | ʧ | ||||
| Aspirated | ʈʂʰ | ʨʰ | |||||
| Voiced | ɖʐ | ʤ | |||||
| Fricative | Plain | f | s | ʂ | ʃ | h | |
| Voiced | v | z | ʐ | ʒ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
| Rhotic | r | ɽ | |||||
| Semivowel | j | ||||||
[edit] Tone
Tshina has two contrasting tones, level and rising.
[edit] Days of the week
| English | Shina | Sanskrit |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Adit | Adityabar |
| Monday | Tsundora | Sambar |
| Tuesday | Ungaroo | Mangal bar |
| Wednesday | Bodo | Budh bar |
| Thursday | Bressput | Brihaspati bar |
| Friday | Shooker | Suk bar |
| Saturday | Shimshere | Sanisch bar |
| “ | 'These names are used in Gilgit, Hunza, Nager, and were most probably introduced by the Shins, as they were in use long before the Sikh power was felt across the Indus. It would seem as if the Shins, while introducing the Hindoo days of the week, adopted in other respects the mode of computing time already existing in the country.[2] | ” |
[edit] Useful Phrases
Gilter:Gilgit
Khiri bay: sit down
Wei pi: drink water
Tiki kha: Eat your food
Mas tut khush tamus: I love you
jaik hal hin: How are you.
konay bojoi: Where are you going?
Sadpara konay hing: where is sadpara?
muzzu in wo: Muzzu come here.
loko: quick
mo bojay mos: i want to go
babo: father
ajay: mother
sas: sister
kako: brother
hunthay: pick it
aray: bring
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh John Biddulph Sang e meel Publications Page 93
- ^ Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh John Biddulph Sang e meel Publications Page 93
