Sociolinguistic Implications of Language Contact Situation and the Development of Kashmiri-Arabic Common Lexicon

Sharing lexicon is a direct outcome of language contact situation. When two or more languages exist side-by-side while serving the communicative requirements in particular social situation, they grow an envelope and environment linguistic exchange, sharing among them becomes natural process. In speakers one are bound to incorporate items from their into satisfy communication needs. linguistically heterogeneous multilingual situation Kashmiri Speech Community, Kashmiri, member Indo-Aryan family, Arabic, Semitic family languages, significantly dominant languages. The existence these different sociolinguistic purposes assignment roles various domains life speech community have resulted amalgamation at very large scale. This has, turn, transfer enormously huge stock Arabic thereby paving smooth path for development extensively amount common them. present paper, attempt has been made demonstrate Kashmiri-Arabic situations subsequent language. paper also considers impetus inspiration behind this Arabic-Kashmiri flow detail. influence some factors implications explored study. effort throw light on hospitality donating word treasure receptivity accepting vocabulary