36.2012, Books: The Structure of Ganderbal Kohistani: Khushboo and Laskar (2025)

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Subject: 36.2012, Books: The Structure of Ganderbal Kohistani: Khushboo and Laskar (2025)

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Date: 29-Jun-2025
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: The Structure of Ganderbal Kohistani: Khushboo and Laskar (2025)


Title: The Structure of Ganderbal Kohistani
Subtitle: From a Multilingual Perspective
Series Title: Languages of the World 69
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Lincom GmbH
           https://lincom-shop.eu/
Book URL:
https://lincom-shop.eu/epages/57709feb-b889-4707-b2ce-c666fc88085d.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/57709feb-b889-4707-b2ce-c666fc88085d/Products/%22ISBN%209783969392553%22

Author(s): Zeeshan Khushboo & Nazrin B. Laskar

17x24 cm. ISBN 9783969392553 (Hardbound). Languages of the World 69.
163pp. 2025.. Euro 124.

Abstract:

This book is a study of a minority Dardic language Kohistani as spoken
in Ganderbal in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The Kohistani speech
community in Ganderbal is nested in a multilingual context, where it
co-exists with Kashmiri, dominant language of the region, Gojri and
Urdu. Urdu is used as a lingua franca among the diverse multilingual
communities in Ganderbal.
The Kohistanis in Ganderbal are multilinguals with varying degree of
competence in Kashmiri, Gojri and Urdu. In this book, the structure of
Ganderbal Kohistani is analysed from a multilingual perspective. The
phonological and morpho-syntactic structure of Kohistani is discussed
vis-à-vis the other languages that are used in the region. Ganderbal
Kohistani reflects the typical linguistic features of Dardic
languages, yet diverges from Kashmiri (Dardic) in many aspects.
Ganderbal Kohistani has integrated lexicon from Urdu, along with some
morpho-syntactic features.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Typology

Language Family(ies): Dardic

Written In: English (eng)



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