Bori language explained

Bori language should not be confused with Karko language (Sudan).

Bori
Nativename:Bori-Karko
Region:Arunachal Pradesh
Speakers:?
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Tani
Fam3:Eastern
Dia1:Karko
Dia2:Komkar
Dia3:Pasi
Dia4:Shimong
Iso3:none
Iso3comment:(included under Adi [adi])
Glotto:bori1243
Glottorefname:Bori-Karko
Map2:Lang Status 60-DE.svg

Bori is a Tani language of India. Bori is spoken in Payum Circle, West Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh (Megu 1988).

Bori is spoken by the Bori, an indigenous tribal people of India.

Post (2013)[1] and Ethnologue classify Karko as a variety of Bori.

Phonology

Megu (1988) defines the consonant and vowel inventories as follows:[2]

! Labial! Dental/
Alveolar! Palatal! Velar/
Glottal
PlosiveVoicelesspronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Voicedpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Fricativepronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Nasalpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Trillpronounced as /ink/~pronounced as /ink/
Approximantpronounced as /ink/
Lateralpronounced as /ink/
Vowels!! Front! Central! Back
Closepronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Close-midpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Open-midpronounced as /ink/
Openpronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/

Grammar

Plurality is expressed by adding the auxiliary kídíng after the noun. Nouns have no inherent gender, but animals of a specific sex can be marked by two grammatical genders: masculine and feminine. The masculine is marked by the -bo suffix and the feminine is marked by the -né suffix. The word order is SOV.

Four cases are marked by a suffix on the noun. These are the locative, accusative, instrumental, and dative. The habitual aspect is marked by -do and the continuous aspect is marked by -dung. -la and -toka are imperative suffixes. -la can also be used for the interrogative.

Personal pronouns denote three persons and two numbers.

!Person!Singular!Plural
1ngongolu
2nonolu
3bulu

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Mark W. Post. 2013. 'The defoliation of the Tani Stammbaum: A positive-minded exercise in contact linguistics.' Paper presented at the 19th Himalayan Languages Symposium, Australian National University, Sep. 9-10.
  2. Book: Megu, Arak . Bori Phrase Book . 1988 . Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh . Itanagar . en.