- Parya language
language
name=Parya
nativename=Парья
states=Tajikistan ,Uzbekistan
region=Gissar Valley , Surkhandarya basin
speakers=2,500
familycolor=Indo-European
fam2=Indo-Iranian
fam3=Indo-Aryan
fam4=Central Zone
iso3=paqParya (Russian: Парья язык) is a Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of
Uzbekistan andTajikistan . Tajuzbeki (or Tadj-Uzbeki) was an alternative name coined byBholanath Tivari for the same language. Much of the academic research in documenting and characterizing this Indo-Aryan isolate language was done by prominent Sovietlinguist I. M. Oranski .Region and Genealogy
Parya is largely spoken in the border regions between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, specifically in the towns of
Hisor , Shehr-e-nau, Regar/Tursunzoda and Surchi, located in theGissar Valley of Tajikistan and the Surkhandarya basin of Uzbekistan. It is based on the Braj, Hariyani and Rajasthani dialects, and is highly influenced by Uzbek, Tajik and Russian languages.Bholanath Tivari, "Soviet Sangh mein boli jane vali Hindi boli: Tajuzbeki : Aitihasik aur tulanatmak adhyayan tatha sankshipt shabdkosh" or "Tajuzbeki: The Hindi of the Soviet Union: A historical and comparative study, and glossary", National Publishing House, 1970] Tatiana Oranskaia, "Parya yazyk", Yazyki Rossiyskoy Federatsii i sosednix gosudarstv. Entsiklopediya. V tryox tomax. II K-R. Moskva: "Nauka"; 2001]There are about 2,500 speakers worldwide. Parya speakers are usually bilingual in Tajik, but tend to exclusively use Parya at home.Barbara F. Grimes, Richard Saunders Pittman, Joseph Evans Grimes, "Ethnologue: Languages of the World", Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1996; ISBN 0883128152, 9780883128152]
Vigesimal counting
Parya employs some
vigesimal numeral counting patterns, though the base words used are Hindi.Jadranka Gvozdanović, "Numeral types and changes worldwide", Walter de Gruyter, 1999; ISBN 3110161133, 9783110161137] Iosef Mikhailovich Oranski, "Dva indoariyski dialekta iz Srednei Azii", Indiyskaya i Iranskaya Filologiya; Institut Narodov Azii, Nauka, 1964.]References
External Links
* [http://web.mit.edu/rbhatt/www/24.956/l1.pdf The Indo-Aryan languages - a tour]
* [http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/numeral/Parya.htm Parya numerals]
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