Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar

Abstract

The Indo-Iranian linguistic frontier constitutes one of the most complex and interesting language-areas of the sub-continent. Given the nature of the area, it is perhaps inevitable that scholarly attention should have been directed particularly to its remoter corners, where so much that is of historical importance has been preserved, and we certainly have every reason to be grateful for the fascination which such out of the way survivals have held for the minds of several outstanding linguists. It is, on the other hand, a matter for regret that so little has been done by comparison on the languages which flourish in less inaccessible parts of the frontier, particularly on the Indo-Aryan side. The wide distribution of such languages alone, quite apart from their intrinsic interest, demands that they too be accorded adequate coverage if the peculiarly complex language-patterns of the area are ever to be properly understood as a whole. The present article, based largely on material collected during a recent field-trip to Pakistan,1 represents an attempt to fill one such gap in contemporary coverage, by providing descriptions of the extreme north-western extensions of the main body of Indo-Aryan.

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“…The tonal system and the historical mechanism of tonogenesis is broadly understood for Punjabi proper and some Hindko varieties (Shackle, 1980;Bashir and Conners, 2019;Bhatia, 2013), but specifics for individual varieties further east (Kishtwari and Himachali) remain underdescribed (Hendriksen, 1986;Jouanne, 2014). This system arises primarily from the disappearance of phonemic breathy voice, but the phonetic specifics differ from language to language.…”

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“…Below is reference metadata for Shackle (1980) in JSON format; note the location annotations and the topic data.…”

“…"type": "article", "title": "Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar", "author": ["Christopher Shackle"], "journal": "Bulletin of the School...", "year": 1980, "volume": 43, "number": 3, "pages": "482--510", "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/615737", "languages": { "Hindko": ["Kohat", "Peshawar"] }, "topics": ["overview"] } (b) Reference metadata for Shackle (1980). pret datasets.…”

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“…discusses the brief introduction of the Hindko language; he states that the language was used by the people living on mountains, and because of its association with mountaineers, it is called Hindko. Shackle (1980) states that "Hindko" is a term that refers to the communities residing in south Asian regions and speaking the language. Shackle (1980) says that speakers of Hindko are called Hindko speakers.…”