31.2947, Books: The Linguistic Identities of the Milky Shaikhs in India: Laskar, Ahmad

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:32:21
From: Ulrich Lueders [lincom.europa at t-online.de]
Subject: The Linguistic Identities of the Milky Shaikhs in India: Laskar, Ahmad

 


Title: The Linguistic Identities of the Milky Shaikhs in India 
Subtitle: a Myth or Reality 
Series Title: Linguistics Edition 126  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: lincom-shop.eu/LE-126-The-Linguistic-Identities-of-the-Milky-Shaikhs-in-India-A-Myth-or-Reality/en 


Author: Nazrin B. Laskar
Author: Saif Ahmad

Paperback: ISBN:  9783969390023 Pages: 110 Price: Europe EURO 60.80


Abstract:

This book deals with the speech of the Milky Shaikh community in Bihar, India.
The Milky Shaikhs perceive their language “Milky” to have roots in Persian and
Arabic, and have affinity with Urdu. The Milky Shaikhs coexists with the
Bhojpuri speaking community, the dominant language of the region, where the
present study was conducted. However, the linguistic analysis of Milky shows
it to be more like a contact language with features of both Urdu and Bhojpuri.
The linguistic structure of Milky is closer to Bhojpuri than Urdu. Urdu
indexes Muslim identity in North and Central India. Urdu is used in Islamic
texts and teaching in Islamic seminaries. It also has a very rich literary
tradition. In the recent years, the use of Urdu is declining in the younger
generation of the Muslim community. But Urdu is still part of the collective
memory and cultural, and religious identity of the Muslims in North and
Central India. The Milky Shaikhs, who are also Muslims identify themselves
with the rich heritage of Urdu. They assume their language to be in proximity
with Urdu, which is however not the case. Thus, this study shows how ideology
and socio-political history construct the ‘linguistic identity’ of the Milky
Shaikh community.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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