Re: [tied] Re:Parya and burushkashi languages

05-11-03 20:14, dharminder chuhan wrote:

> Could anyone please tell me where I can get
> information about the Parya langusge of Tajikistan.
> Also does anyone know about the relationship between
> this language and Panjabi, and if so what proof is
> there.

There's very little on Parya on the Web, but perhaps these links will help:

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=PAQ
http://ling.man.ac.uk/Info/staff/YM/Romani98.html

Parya is said to be rather closely related to Rajasthani, Punjabi and
Sindhi. There's an article on Parya by John Payne in _Languages and
Scripts of Central Asia_ (S. Akiner & N. Sims-Williams. London: SOAS,
University of London, 1997), if you are near a well-stocked academic
library.

> Finally could someone help me in telling me
> about Burushkashi. where can I get a basic knowledge
> of these two languages????

http://www.few.vu.nl/~dick/Summaries/Languages/Burushaski.pdf
(first-rate stuff)

http://www.rosettaproject.org:8080/live/search/detailedlanguagerecord?ethnocode=BSK
(you may need to unwrap the link)

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=BSK

Piotr