Haflong Hindi
Haflong Hindi | |
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Region | Dima Hasao district, Assam |
Native speakers | None |
Hindi-based pidgin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
Haflong Hindi (
Hindi: हफ़लौंग हिन्दी) is the lingua franca of Dima Hasao district of Assam state of India.[1] It is a pidgin that stemmed from Hindustani and includes vocabulary from several other languages, such as Assamese, Dimasa and Zeme Naga. It is named after Haflong
, which is the headquarters of Dima Hasao district.
Example phrases
The dialect is largely intelligible to Hindi speakers, and features simplified grammar with loanword infusions.[2]
Phrase | English glosses | Meaning |
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hum tumko modot korne nahi sekega | I (hum) you (tumko) help (modot) can't (nahi sekega) | 'I can't help you.' |
tumra kuttaa se humko kamraayaa | Your (tumra) dog (kuttaa) me (humko) bit (kamraayaa) | 'Your dog bit me.' |
tum kaha jaigah | Where (kaha) you (tum) go (jaigah) | 'Where will you go?' |
In contrast to printed forms of Hindi, the Haflong variety lacks person and number agreement in the verb and ergative marking of the subject when transitive clauses are in a preterite or perfect tense.
References
- ISBN 978-81-269-0704-5
- ^ "In this Assam district, Hindi unites 11 tribes". Indian Express, September 10, 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2008.