A Comparative Phonological Study of the Dialects of Hindi
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چکیده
Dialectal variations provide vital cues to both synchronic and diachronic changes in sounds of a language. There has been no comparative phonological study of the dialects of Hindi in the last several decades. In this paper, we present a phonological description of seven of the major dialects of Hindi, namely, Awadhi, Bagheli, Bhojpuri, Bundeli, Haryanvi, Kanauji and Khari Boli, based on the observation and analysis of telephonic conversational data. We believe that these preliminary results will as a starting point for a more comprehensive and detailed comparison of the dialects and provide insights for language evolution as well as synchronic variations of Hindi.
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