Doabi dialect

Doabi is a Punjabi dialect spoken in Doaba Punjab.[1] It is spoken in the Indian Punjab and parts of Pakistani Punjab owing to post-1947 migration of Muslim populace from East Punjab. The word "Do Aabi" means "the land between two rivers" and this dialect was historically spoken between the rivers of the Beas and the Sutlej in the region called Doaba. The region it is now spoken include the Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Nawanshahr districts in Indian Punjab, including the areas known as the Dona and Manjki, and the Toba Tek Singh and Faisalabad districts in Pakistan Punjab where the dialect is known as Faisalabadi Punjabi.

The sub dialects of Doabi include Dona and Manjki.[2]

Punjabi dialects

Analysis

The Doabi dialect in its eastern part blends with the Malwai dialect of Ludhiana district, and in its Northern side, it shares the linguistic features of the Pahari. Some of the linguistic features of the Doabi dialect that separate it from rest of the Punjabi dialects are as below:[3]

Consonants

Consonant Punjabi word English translation
p ⟨ਪ⟩ pəl ‘moment’ (ਪਲ)
pʰ ⟨ਫ⟩ pʰəl ‘fruit’ (ਫਲ)
b ⟨ਬ⟩ baːl ‘child’(ਬਾਲ)
t̪ ⟨ਤ⟩ taːɾ ‘wire’ (ਤਾਰ)
t̪ʰ ⟨ਥ⟩ tʰaːl ‘round tray’(ਥਾਲ)
d̪ ⟨ਦ⟩ daːl ‘pulse’
ʈ ⟨ਟ⟩ ʈəl ‘pile’
ʈʰ ⟨ਠ⟩ ʈʰiːk ‘correct’ (ਠੀਕ)
ɖ ⟨ਡ⟩ ɖaːk ‘mail’ (ਡਾਕ)
t͡ʃ ⟨ਚ⟩ tʃəp ‘imprint’
d͡ʒ ⟨ਜ⟩ dʒoːk leech (ਜੋਕ)
k ⟨ਕ⟩ kəɡ ‘crow’
kʰ ⟨ਖ⟩ kʰoːl open
ɡ ⟨ਗ⟩ ɡəl ‘abuse’
m ⟨ਮ⟩ moːɾ peacock
n ⟨ਨ⟩ nəɾ ‘male’
ɳ* ⟨ਣ⟩ ɦʊɳ ‘now’ (ਹੁਣ)
l ⟨ਲ⟩ ləl ‘red’
* ⟨ਲ਼⟩ koː ‘near’ (ਕੋਲ)
(ɳ ⟨ਸ⟩) sɪɾ ‘head’
(ʃ ⟨ਸ਼⟩) ʃeːɾ ‘lion’
(z ⟨ਜ਼⟩) zoːɾ ‘strength’ (ਜ਼ੋਰ)
(f ⟨ਫ਼⟩) fəslə ‘distance’
f ⟨ਹ⟩ ɦoːɾ ‘more’ (ਹੋਰ)
ɾ ⟨ਰ⟩ ɾoːɡ ‘disease’
ɽ* ⟨ੜ⟩ pɪɽ ‘pain’ (ਪੀੜ)

Vowels

Doabi has ten vowels. These are /ə, ɪ, ʊ, aː, ɛː, eː, iː, ɔː, oː, uː/

For example:

Vowel Word Translation
ə ਅ ək 'eye'
ʊ ਉ ʊʈʰ ‘awake’
ɪ ਇ ɪt ‘brick’
aː ਆ aːs ‘hope’
ɛː ਐ ɛːnək spectacles’
uː ਊ uːʈʰ ‘camel’
eː ਏ ʃeːɾ ‘lion’
oː ਅੋ moːɾ ‘peacock’
ɔː ਔ ɦɔːɾ ‘more’
iː ਈ tiːɾ ‘arrow’

Other suprasegmental phonemes

Tone, stress and nasalization in Doabi are phonemic.

Tone

Three tones are used in Doabi; low, mid and high. For example;

Tone Punjabi word English translation
Low bha/pa ‘rate’
Mid pa/pa ‘put’
High pah/pa ‘influence’

Stress

Stress in Doabi is realized in two ways. Syntagmatically and paradigmatically.

Syntagmatically, stress-shift results in change of meaning.

For example:

Punjabi word English translation
gharha ‘pitcher’
gharha ‘get something worked into some shape’

Paradigmatically, Doabi has stressed and unstressed syllables;

Unstressed Punjabi word English translation
s satt ‘essence’
t pata ‘address’
Stressed Punjabi word English translation
s sat ‘seven’
tt patta ‘leaf’

Some basic vocabulary items

Punjabi pronunciation English translation
papa ‘father’
bhaen ‘sister’
bhara ‘brother’
seb ‘apple’
conna ‘paddy’
bara ‘elder’

Features

Substituting letters

Doabi's drop the letter "v" at the start of a word and use the letter "b"[4] as in "Vada" (big) to "Bada". They also use the letter "o" elsewhere in a word instead of a "v" as in "Khvab" (dream) to "Khoaab". A distinctive feature of Doabi is the use of the "w" sound. Where "v" appears in the middle of a word in standard Punjabi, Doabis use "w" so that "hava" (wind) becomes "hawa". Also, the vowel "u" is pronounced with an "o". Accordingly, "khush" (happy) becomes "khosh" or "kuht" (to beat) becomes "koht". In Doabi, any word beginning with "i" is pronounced with "e". For example, the word "khich" (to pull) is pronounced as "khech" or the word "vich" (inside) is pronounced as "bech".

Doabis do not use "z" and therefore substitute "j". This is common in the Punjabi language as "z" is not indigenous to the area.

Sentence structure

Doabi's end sentences with "aa" (present tense) and "sigey" (past —tense), instead of "han" (present tense) and "san" or "si" (past tense). "Aiddan", "Jiddan", "Kiddan" are all commonly used adverbs in Doabi as opposed to the ”Inj / Aistaran", "Jistaran", Kistaran" used in Punjabi's prestige dialect, Majhi.

Vocabulary

Doabi English Standard Punjabi
"Houga" Will Happen "Hovega"
"Baarha" Cow shed "Haveli"
"Dhaun" Neck "Gardan"
"Paala or Thand" Cold weather "Sardi"
"Kunji" Key "Chabi"
"gathay" Onions "Gandeh"
"Neyaneh" Children "Bacheh"
"Dekhna" To See "Vekhna"
"Karda Haigah / Karda Si” To Be Doing "Kar Riha Hai"
"Gabey" Middle "Vichkaar"
"Leeray/Kaprhey/Talley" Clothes "Kaprhey"
"Leeta" Bought "Khareeda"

See also

References

  1. ↑ Punjabi University, Patiala.
  2. ↑ Tribune 28 January 2009 Sarbjit Dhaliwal
  3. ↑ http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/Chapter%203.htm
  4. ↑ http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_gdr5.htm
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