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RANWA.
This dialect is spoken by the Khiste Br
hma
s of the Burhanpur Tahsil
of Nimar. The number of speakers has been estimated for the use of this Survey
at 500.
Ranwa
is, in all essential points, identical with the current Khnd
of the Burhanpur Tahsil. The following peculiarities should be noted:-
Final vowels in postpositions are often dropped; thus, tyl
and ty-l,
to him; jamn for jam-n,
of the property.
N is often cerebral; thus, m-
, my.
Note also the y in forms such as ghar-my, in the house; lgy and
lg, he began, etc.
There are no traces of the oblique plural form ending in s. A form ending
in t or ht
seems to be used instead; thus, maj
r-ht-l,
to the servants; l
k-ht-n
gard, a crowd
of people; chhk
ryt-l,
to the daughters. The suffix of the case of the agent is ;
thus, bp,
by the father. Note also the postposition war-m
in uddhi-war-m,
on his senses; ty-
war-m,
thereupon. The suffix
in ty-
in the last instance is the usual oblique form of the genitive suffix. The plural
of strong masculine bases ends in ;
thus, gh
,
a horse and horses.
With regard to pronouns we may note the plural forms ty
-, their;
tyt-l, to them, etc.
The verb substantive is chhau, I am, second and third persons chh or chha;
plural, 1, chhjchh; 2 and 3, chhtchh. The past tense is chh
and th, used for all persons and numbers.
Similarly chh is used in the present tense of finite verbs instead of Khnd
s; thus, mrachh
and mrchha,
I, thou, or he, strikes; plural, 1, mrjchh,
2 and 3, mrtchh.
In the plural forms the final chh is often, in all such forms, replaced by ch;
thus, ty mrtch,
they strike.
The past tense is formed as in Khnd.
Note, however, the forms ending in y;
thus, lg
and lgy,
began; puchya, it was asked.
'To strike' is given as mrwa, and the future of that verb is, singular,
1, mrs; 2, mrs; 3, mrai; plural, 1, mrs;
2, mrs; 3, mrt.
Note finally the form khu manwa, let us make merry.
In all essential points, however, the specimen which follows will show that
Ranwa closely agrees with ordinary Khnd.
[No. 46.]
INDO-ARYAN FAMILY.
CENTRAL GROUP.
BH
L
OR BHIL
.
RANWA
DIALECT.
(BURHANPUR TAHSIL, DISTRICT NIMAR.)
| K-k
manus-l dn
chhkr
chh. Ty-m-th
nhn
bp-l |
| A-certain man-to two sons were. Them-in-from the-younger the-father-to |
mhaw lg, 'bb, j-kh jamn
hiss m hiss-majhr |
| to-say began, 'father, what-ever of-property share my share-into |