• Source: Vaghri language

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




Phonology



/ŋ/, /ɽ/, and /ɳ/ do not occur word-initially.

All vowels except /e/ and /ɔ/ can be nasalized. There are four 'true' dipthongs, these being /ɔɑ/, /ɑi/, /ɑu/, and /ɑɯ/.
The majority of monosyllabic words are CVC. ɛvery 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:

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.

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:




Footnotes






References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Bahasa di Pakistan
• Vaghri language
• VGR
• Vagri
• Gujarati languages
• Indo-Aryan languages
• Bauria (disambiguation)
• Kurmali language
• Punjabi language
• Languages of Pakistan
• Central Indo-Aryan languages