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

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[No. I.]

INDOARYAN FAMILY.

(EASTERN GROUP,)

ASSAMESE.

STANDARD DIALECT.

(The Rev. A. K. Gurney, 1899.)

.~Iu the phonetic transcription in italics, pronounce the letters as follows :-

(DlSTEICT SlBSAGAR.)

« as the a in ' father/

d as the o in * glory/ It is nearly the first o in

* promote/

* as the i in ' pique' or in * pin,' according to accent.
i us the e in ' met/

e has a slightly heavier sound than the above.
o as the «in * hull/ verging towards that of o inc note/

o as the o in «hot/

u as the « in 'put,' or the oo iu 'poor/ according to

accent. •

£ nearly as the ch in the German * ach/
«# as theng'in 'sing/
gd nearly as the 2 in ' azure/

Kono
Kono

Some

ezan manuhar

one

his-f*ther*to

mok
mok

me-to

Tar

k&le,
kdle,

said,

*he

* he

man-of

pitri,

two

putek
putek

sons

were;

Zl

tare
tare

them-of

mot

li&ru-to-we

the-s mailer-one

pare, tak
pore,

diya,'
did.9

give/

'0

Tate
Tdte

There-upon

dinar

father,

te8
tea

he

property*! which share me-cn

apon
dpon

Bis-own

i h&ru

ljamp£tti hibilakak

falls,

bati

It-of

olop

few

days

deha-l&i prasthan

pose,

after, that smaller

k&ri tate lampat asaranere

property

putek-e
puteke

son

diir
dw

far

defeO'ldi prosthdn kdri

conntry-to

karile.

kdrile.

made.

tate
tdte

thereupon

manuhar
manuhor

nnn-of

tdte

setting-out making there

p jjakal-o byay

dsoronere

conduct-in

tar
tdr

his

deliat

He

tyoi

spending1

aba-l&i

all

hi kasta

\

fei kosto

he trouMe to-get

asray l&lat
dsroi Idiot

refuge taken-having

lascivious

Hrilat,
Urilot,

made-haviag, that country-in

dh^rile. Tetiya lyi g&i,

Tetid fei gdi,

Then he going,

manuhe tak gaMri

faei mwuhe tdk gdhdri

that man him swine

tdk

it

dile.
bati dile.

them-to having-divided gave,

l^akaloke gotai
fedkoloke gotdi

all gathering

Jjamp&tti apabyay
Jyimpdtti dpdibyoi

property squandering

bar akal h&l;
bar dkdl hdl;

big famine arose;

bei del|ar ezan
ftpi defeor e&hon

. that country-of one

saraba-lai apon
sordbd-ldi dpon

to-graze bis-own

field*to

pathara-l&i pathai-dile. Tate y gah&riye khowa ebidh gasar sgire pet bharaba'-tei

Tdte ]$ gdtdrte khod ebidh gosor seire pet bhordbo-ldi

sent, There-upon he the-swine eaten a-sort tree-of pods-with belly to-fill

k&rile-o tak kone-o eko nidile. gehat bi setan pai
Jiepdh kdrile-o fdk kone-o eko nidile. fffyot $ seton pdi

longing making-though him-to anybody one-even ,not-gare, At*last he consciousness getting

bar
bor
great