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Vaghri language

Vaghri (Bavri) is an Indo Aryan language of Pakistan spoken by the Vagri. It is closely related to Gujarati.

Phonology

/ŋ/, , and do not occur word-initially.

All vowels except /e/ and /ɔ/ 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.

Masculine nouns can be inflected for additional cases:

Adjectives are inflected for noun class. There is no comparative affix, but the word wad<sup>h</sup>u can be used to indicate the comparative.

Vaghri pronouns inflect for case and number.

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

ɒrdinal numerals are as follows:

References