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Sambalpuri language
Indo-Aryan language spoken in western Odisha, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sambalpuri Odia is an Indo-Aryan language variety spoken in western Odisha, India. It is alternatively known as Western Odia, and as Kosali (with variants Kosli, Koshal and Koshali),[6] a recently popularised but controversial term, which draws on an association with the historical region of Dakshina Kosala, whose territories also included the present-day Sambalpur region.[7][8]
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Its speakers usually perceive it as a separate language, while outsiders have seen it as a dialect of Odia,[9] and standard Odia is used by Sambalpuri Odia speakers for formal communication.[10] A 2006 survey of the varieties spoken in four villages found out that they share three-quarters of their basic vocabulary with Standard Odia.[11]
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Geographical Distribution
Distribution of Sambalpuri language in the district of Odisha[12]
- Bargarh (42.9%)
- Subarnapur (13.8%)
- Balangir (12.7%)
- Sambalpur (10.4%)
- Jharsuguda (9.3%)
- Nuapada (5.5%)
- Boudh (3.4%)
- Sundargarh (1.6%)
- Kalahandi (0.40%)
There were 2.63 million people in India who declared their language to be Sambalpuri at the 2011 census, almost all of them residents in Odisha.[12] These speakers were mostly concentrated in the districts of Bargarh (1,130,000 speakers), Subarnapur (364,000), Balangir (335,000), Sambalpur (275,000), Jharsuguda (245,000), Nuapada (145,000), Baudh (90,700), Sundargarh (42,700) and Kalahandi (11,545).[13]
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Script
The inscriptions and literary works from the Western Odisha region used the Odia script, which is attested through the inscriptions like the Stambeswari stone inscription of 1268 CE laid by the Eastern Ganga monarch Bhanu Deva I at Sonepur and the Meghla grant and Gobindpur charter of Raja Prithvi Sing of Sonepur State[14] and also through the major epic Kosalananda Kavya composed during the 17th century Chauhan rule under Raja Baliar Singh of the Sambalpur State, which was written in Sanskrit in Odia script.[15]
The Devanagari script may have been used in the past,[16] (the Hindi language was mandated in administration and education in Sambalpur for the brief period 1895–1901)[17]
There are many eminent poets from Sambalpuri language, PadmaShree Haldhar Nag, Khageswar seth, Hemachandra Acharya has contributed a lot for the language.
NRI Poet Prasanta Meher, Poet Ranjit Padhan, Hemanta Deep and many other are made remarkable contribution modern time.
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Phonology
Sambalpuri has 28 consonant phonemes, 2 semivowel phonemes and 5 vowel phonemes.[18]
There are no long vowels in Sambalpuri just like Standard Odia.
Sambalpuri shows the loss of retroflex consonant like voiced retroflex lateral approximant [ɭ] (ଳ) which are present in Standard Odia, and a limited usage of retroflex unaspirated nasal (voiced retroflex nasal) ɳ (ଣ).[19]
Characteristics
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The following is a list of features and comparison with Standard Odia:[20]
Some key features include-
- r-insertion: insertion or paragogue of /r/ at the end of Sambalpuri verbs
- Word Medial Vowel Deletion: Syncope of certain word medial vowels, with exceptions seen in -ai diphthongs.
- Vowel Harmony: a shift of /o/ to /u/. This is also seen in the Baleswari Odia dialect and to an extent the Ganjami Odia dialect.
- Word Final Vowel Deletion: Apocope of word-final schwa (see Schwa deletion).
- Voiced retroflex consonant usage: Absence of voiced retroflex lateral approximant [ɭ] (ଳ) and limited usage of voiced retroflex nasal ɳ (ଣ).[19]
Voiced retroflex consonant
Word Medial Vowel Deletion: Syncope
Exceptions to Word Medial Vowel Deletion: seen in '-ai' diphthongs
Vowel Harmony: 'o' to 'u' phoneme shift, feature also seen in Baleswari Odia dialect
Lengthening of Vowel Sound: vowels which appear in between consonants take their longer counterpart
Consonant shift- shift of 'ḷ' phoneme to 'l'
Word Final Vowel Deletion(Schwa deletion Apocope)- a characteristic feature of Sambalpuri
Sambalpuri words
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Language movement
There has been a language movement campaigning for the recognition of the language. Its main objective has been the inclusion of the language into the 8th schedule of the Indian constitution.[21][22]
Literature
- Satya Narayan Bohidar, writer and pioneer of Sambalpuri literature. Notable works include Ṭikcaham̐rā (1975), Sambalapurī bhāshāra sabda-bibhaba: bā, Saṃkshipta Sambalapurī byākaraṇa o racanā (1977)[23]
- Prayag Dutta Joshi, Sambalpuri writer
- Nil Madhab Panigrahi, wrote Mahabharat Katha[24]
- Haldhar Nag, Sambalpuri poet popularly known as "Lok kabi Ratna". His notable Sambalpuri works are Lokgeet, Samparda, Krushnaguru, Mahasati Urmila, Tara Mandodari, Achhia, Bacchhar, Siri Somalai, Veer Surendra Sai, Karamsani, Rasia Kavi, Prem Paechan.[25] His works has been compiled into "Lokakabi Haladhar Granthabali"[26] and "Surata". He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2016.[27][28]
- Prafulla Kumar Tripathy, compiled the Sambalpuri-Odia Dictionary- Samalpuri Odia Shabdakosha (2001).[29]
- Hema Chandra Acharya, wrote Ram Raha (2001), the Sambalpuri version of the Ramayana.[30]
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External links and further reading
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