Vaghri (Bavri) is an Indo Aryan language of Pakistan spoken by the Vagri. It is closely related to Gujarati.
Phonology +ConsonantsBilabialDentalRetroflexPalatalVelarGlottalPlosivevoicelessaspiratedvoicedbreathyFricativeNasalTapApproximant //, //, and // do not occur word-initially. +VowelsFrontNear-frontCentralBackunroundedroundedCloseClose-midOpen-midOpen All vowels except // and // can be nasalized. There are four 'true' diphthongs, these being /ɔɑ/, /ɑi/, /ɑu/, and /ɑɯ/.
The majority of monosyllabic words are CVC. Every 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. +Plural inflectionMasculineFemininePlural/-ɒ//-i//-ũ//-C//-Cũ//-a//-aũ/ (optional) Masculine nouns can be inflected for additional cases: +Case endings for masculine nouns ending in -ɒCaseSingularPluralNominative/-ɒ//-ē/Direct Object/-ɒ//-ɛ/Oblique/-ɛ//-̃ɛ̃/Vocative/-ɒ̄//-ɒ̄/ or /-ɒū/ +All other nounsCaseSingularPluralNominative/-∅//-ũ/Direct ObjectObliqueVocative/-∅//-ɛ̃/ 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. +Personal pronounsPersonCaseSingularPlural1st personNom.ā̃ũasĩObj.mũasā̃Obl.mũasā̃2nd personNom.tũā̃iObj.toā̃iObl.toāi3rd personNom.uuObj.ununiObl.ununi 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 +Cardinal numeralsNumberGlossVaghriGujarati1onehekɽɒek2twobɒbe3threetrɛtran̩4fourcārcār5fivepenjnpānc6sixchɒcha7sevensattsāt8eightaʈʈhˈɑʈʰ9ninenũnav10tenɖɒdas11elevenagiyārɒəɡijɑɾ20twentywithvīs30thirtytrihtrīs40fortychāricāḷīs50fiftypanjhapacās60sixtysatʈhsāʈha70seventysantɛrsittēra80eightyɛsiɛ̃si90ninetynevũnevu100one hundredsɒsō ɒrdinal numerals are as follows: NumberGlossVaghri masc.Gujarati masc.Vaghri fem.Gujarati fem.1stfirstpɛhrɒpahelopɛhripahli2ndsecondbyobijobaibaji3rdthirdtryotrijotraitriji4thfourthcothocothocothicothi5thfifthpanjhmũpānomũpanjhmipānemi6thsixthchaʈʈhochaʈʈhochaʈʈhichaʈʈhi7thseventhsattmũsātmɒsattmisātmi8theighthaʈʈhmũāʈʈhmɒaʈʈhmiāʈʈhmi9thninthnumũnavmɒnũminavmi10thtenthɖɒmũdasmɒdɒmidasmi
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