Rathwali dialect


Rathwali or Rathi is spoken in the Thailisain, Paithani, Baijro, and it's sorrounding area's in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand state. Currently it has been classified as a dialect under Garhwali, belonging to the Central Pahari group. It is the language of the Khasiyas.It is also known as Rathi. It comes under the Indo Aryan family.

Grammar

Gender :
Rules for gender are same as Srinagaria.
Number :
Tadbhava masc. nouns which end with a in Hindi, in Rathwali end with o. However some exceptions exist.
Cases :
Case
agentन, ल
accusativeगणी
instrumentalन, ल
dativeगणी, खुणी थां, कूं
ablativeगणी, मकोई, बटी
उण्डे, मांय-ल, से, ते
genitiveको
locativeमा, माँ, गणी, पार, तल

Adjectives :
Follows same rules as Srinagaria, however the final a is changed into a.
Pronouns :
sing.pul.
nom.mi, mi
tu,tu		ham, hamu
tum,tumu
ag,mi-la, mai-la
ti-la, twe- la		hamu-la, ham-na
tumu-la, tum-na
gen.mero, myorotero, tyoro
obl.mai, mi, mi
tai, ti, twa		ham, hamu
tum, tumu

Reflexive Pronoun is aaphu
Conjugation :
Auxiliary Verbs & Verbs Substantive
sing.pul.
I amchhū, chhaūchhawā
thou artchhai,chhaīchhavu
he ischha, chachhī

Comparative analysis

SrinagariaRathwali or RathiTranslation
mai mardamai mannuI beat
tu marditu marnithou beatest
wo mardwo marnhe beats
ham maardaham maarnuwe beat
tum mardatum maarniyou beat
wo mardinwo maanithey beat
main maaremi la maaraI beat
tin maareti la maarathou beatest
wain maarewa la maarahe beat
haman maarehamu la maarawe beat
tuman maaretumu la maarayou beat
un maarewunoon la maarethey beat
mai maarnu chhaunmi manu chhaunI am beating
mai marnu chhayomi maarno chhoyoI was beating
main maaryun chhayomai la maaryalaI had beaten
main maaroonmi maaroonI may beat
main maarulomi maruloI shall beat
tu marilotu marilthou wilt beat
wo marlowo marulhe will beat
ham maarlaham maalawe shall beat
tum marilyatum malyayou will beat
wo maarlawo maalathey will beat