Linguistic Survey Of India Vol V Part I Indo Aryan Family Eastern Group

IASTEBN OP DACCA. 209

Sisa tare toshaibar laaglo. Se bapere ei jaSyab dilo, 'd'akha, 61 kay
dishd tare toshdibdr Idiglo. She bapere ei zowab dilo, *ddkhb> ei koy

having-come him to-appease hegan. He his-father-to this answer gave, 'gee, these how-many

bachchhar dhaira ami tomar kam kairbar lakchi, ar kono din-6 tomar
botstshor d'6w(i ami tomar kam kairbar Idktsi, Ar kono din-d tdmdr

years during I thy service to-do have-remained, and any day-aim) thy

hukum amanya kari ngi, tate-6 tumi amare amar bandu bandah
hukum omawfo kori ndi, tdte-d tumi dmdre amar bantfu bdnd'ob

order disobeying did not, nevertheless thou me-to my friends relation*

l^iya khaiya ainod kairbar laiga yyak din-6 yyak-ta footer

lold khdid amod koirbdr Idiga dk din-o dk~td shuorer

having-taken having-eaten merriment of-making for one day-also one pig's

bacbcba djao nal lr tomar ei chhaoyal khanki laiya tomar soinpatti
batetsa dad ndi. Ar tomar ei sdvxil khdnki l&ya tdmdr shompotti

young-one thou-gavest nott And thy this son harlots having-taken thy property

khaiya uraiya aiste aiste-i tumi tar laiga yyak*ta kbaoya dila,'
khdid urdid dishte dishte-i tumi tar laiga dk-td khdwd dttd.'

having-eaten having-wasted immediately on-coming thoa of-him for a feast gavest*

Bape kailo, *tumi-ta amar kachhe barabar aohhai amar ya-kichhu
Sdpe kotto, 'tumi-to amar kdse barabar d&6$ amar zd-kistt

The-f&tber said, «thon-verily of-me near always art my what-ever

achbe tomar-i. Ek-tu amod allad kalra bhala-i korchi. Tomar

dse tomdr-i. lUk-tu amod dlldd kolra b'dlo-i korfai. Tdmdr

is (isjthine-indeed. A-little merrir%«nt joy haring-made good-even I-have-done. Thy

ei bliai-di moira giobilo, abar baichcbe; haraiya gichilS, abar
ei b'di-di moird gitsilo, abar bditstse; *drdid gitsilo, abar

this brother having-died bad-gone, again has-sarvived; having-been-lost had-gone, again

paoyargicbe/
pdwd-gitge*

has-betn^found.1 ________________

The dialect of Mymensingh closely resembles that of Dacca. The population being
largely Musalman, the vocabulary is freely mixed with Arabic and Persian words. One
example will suffice; it is given as not being easily recognizable. It is bdbaka-i (written
), meaning ' all/ for $#>, be-bdq.
The following specimen is the Parable of the Prodigal Son, in the dialect of the
Musalmans of the Eastern Part of the District, The language is so far influenced by
the neighbouring Assamese, that an initial s is pronounced and written h. In Assamese
a sibiknt, whether initial or not, is pronounced as a rough A, something like the Persian
fkh, and is transliterated by fa Examples arehe> for se> he; haggal* for sakal, all;
hitdr* for fatar, pig&; hamkS for sammukhe* before; hund> for suniyd> having heard.
The transliteration of the specimen is partly phonetic. That is to say, instead of
vyd and oydt I have written wa. Instead of yd following a consonant I have written
d, which letter 1 have also given for e and for d when those vowels are so pronounced,
.Examples are bdshdt, which should properly be transcribed Vasat; kaird (and many
other similar ones) instead of kair^d, for kariyd* having done; dk> for ek, one and 'drdiyd>
for hardiya.
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