Bauria language explained

Bauria
Nativename:	ਬੌਰੀਆ / بوریا
State:	India
Ethnicity:	Bhil
Speakers:	63,028
Date:	2011 census
Ref:	^[1] ^[2]
Familycolor:	Indo-European
Fam2:	Indo-Iranian
Fam3:	Indo-Aryan
Fam4:	Western Indo-Aryan
Fam5:	Bhil
Fam6:	Northern
Iso3:	bge
Glotto:	baur1251
Glottorefname:	Bauria

Bauria, also called Baori, is a Bhil language of India. It is spoken by the Babaria and Moghia. It is closely related to Habura, Pardhi, and Siyalgir^[3]

Classification and grammar

Bauria is a Bhil language. The /s/ phoneme regularly becomes [k<sup>h</sup>], except before /i/ or /e/. /k^h/ may weaken to [h].

The genetive posposition is nō or nan (feminine nī, oblique masculine nā). The dative is nū̃, nē, nai, or nā̃. Nā̃ is borrowed from the surrounding Punjabi. The oblique suffix is often weakened to n, as in tihōn, 'to them'. The ablative suffix is thō, which agrees in gender and case with the governing noun. The locative and agentive suffixes are -ē.

The pronouns are as follows:

Case! colspan="3"
1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	Plural
Nomenative	hū̃	taū̃, tū̃	yōh, tiō	hamē̃	tamē̃	tē, tēhē
Oblique	mannē		tīnē		tauhē̃	tēhō, tīhō, tihōn
Genitive	m(h)ārō	tā(h^a)rō	inhō	hamārō	tamāh^arō	tēhōnō, tihōnō
Locative	mī̃	tī̃, tēn	tīnē, tē̃	hamē̃	tamē̃	tē, tēhē

The verb substantive is sō̃ 'I am' and uttō 'was'. uttō becomes -tō when used as an auxiliary to form the perfective. The present continuous uses sō̃ as an auxiliary. The past participle ends un -iō. The negative verb prefixes kō-.

Sample passage

The following is a sample passage provided by Grierson:

Notes and References

Web site: Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. www.censusindia.gov.in. 2018-07-07.
News: Kurux. Ethnologue. 2018-07-11. en.
Grierson, George A. 1907. Indo-Aryan Family: Central Group: The Bhīl Languages, Including Khāndēśī, Banjārī or Labhānī, Bahrūpiā, &c. (Linguistic Survey of India, IX(III).) Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. 332pp.