Vaghri language


Vaghri is an Indo Aryan language of Pakistan spoken by the Vagri. It is closely related to Gujarati.

Phonology

/ŋ/,, and do not occur word-initially.
All vowels except /e/ and /ɔ/ can be nasalized. There are four 'true' diphthongs, these being /ɔɑ/, /ɑi/, /ɑu/, and /ɑɯ/.
The majority of monosyllabic words are CVC. Every word has at least one accented syllable.

Morphology

Vaghri distinguishes two noun classes: Masculine and feminine. Neuter Indo-Aryan nouns are mostly classed masculine. Nouns ending in /-ɒ/ generally belong to the masculine class. Nouns ending in /-i/ are generally feminine.
Nouns in Vaghri are inflected for two numbers: singular and plural.
Masculine nouns can be inflected for additional cases:
CaseSingularPlural
Nominative/-ɒ//-ē/
Direct Object/-ɒ//-ɛ/
Oblique/-ɛ//-̃ɛ̃/
Vocative/-ɒ̄//-ɒ̄/ or /-ɒū/

Adjectives are inflected for noun class. There is no comparative affix, but the word wadhu can be used to indicate the comparative.
Vaghri pronouns inflect for case and number.
PersonCaseSingularPlural
1st personNom.ā̃ũasĩ
1st personObj.mũasā̃
1st personObl.mũasā̃
2nd personNom.tũā̃i
2nd personObj.toā̃i
2nd personObl.toāi
3rd personNom.uu
3rd personObj.ununi
3rd personObl.ununi

Vaghri verbs, like other Indo-Aryan verbs, consist of three parts: A root, an affix, and a personal suffix. Passive voice is formed by adding -ā to the stem.

Vocabulary

ɒrdinal numerals are as follows:
NumberGlossVaghri masc.Gujarati masc.Vaghri fem.Gujarati fem.
1stfirstpɛhrɒpahelopɛhripahli
2ndsecondbyobijobaibaji
3rdthirdtryotrijotraitriji
4thfourthcothocothocothicothi
5thfifthpanjhmũpānomũpanjhmipānemi
6thsixthchaʈʈhochaʈʈhochaʈʈhichaʈʈhi
7thseventhsattmũsātmɒsattmisātmi
8theighthaʈʈhmũāʈʈhmɒaʈʈhmiāʈʈhmi
9thninthnumũnavmɒnũminavmi
10thtenthɖɒmũdasmɒdɒmidasmi