Introductory Pages - An Introduction to Spoken Kashmiri
Introductory Pages - An Introduction to Spoken Kashmiri
Introductory Pages - An Introduction to Spoken Kashmiri
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(v) N and N: are lower mid, back vowels.<br />
Examples:<br />
<strong>An</strong> <strong>Introduction</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Spoken</strong> <strong>Kashmiri</strong><br />
by Braj B. Kachru<br />
kho:s <strong>Kashmiri</strong> cup<br />
o:s (he) was<br />
N sNd0 simple person<br />
pNn’ good deed<br />
bNn down<br />
sNn gold<br />
lNkut small<br />
sN she, that (fem.)<br />
N: sN:d one and a quarter<br />
sN: she(not withing sight, emphatic)<br />
hN: she(within sight, emphatic)<br />
(vi) 0 and 0: are high-central vowels.<br />
Examples:<br />
0 t0r a piect of rag, paper, etc.<br />
b0 I ( first person pronoun)<br />
gand0 dirty<br />
bat0 food,cooked rice<br />
0: t0:r cold<br />
kr0:r a cruel woman<br />
(vii) ? and ?: are mid-central vowels.<br />
? ?r in good condition (fem.)<br />
k?s;i:r kashmir<br />
ts?r sparrow<br />
i?r house<br />
?: ?:r plum<br />
?:l cardamom<br />
l?:r cucumber<br />
k?:s;ur the <strong>Kashmiri</strong> language<br />
(viii) a and a: are low- central vowels. These are cloe <strong>to</strong> Hindi-Urdu a and a:, as in das ‘ ten’ and<br />
na:m, ‘name’ respectively.<br />
Examples:<br />
© 2006 Braj B. Kachru (http://kachru.com) 12<br />
http://koshur.org/<strong>Spoken</strong><strong>Kashmiri</strong>
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