Haflong Hindi
Haflong Hindi (Hindi: हफ़लौंग हिन्दी) is the lingua franca of Dima Hasao district of Assam state of India.[1] It is a pidgin that stemmed from Hindustani and includes vocabulary from several other languages, such as Assamese, Bengali, Dimasa and Zeme Naga. It is named after Haflong, which is the headquarters of Dima Hasao district.
| Haflong Hindi | |
|---|---|
| Region | Dima Hasao district, Assam |
Native speakers | None |
Hindustani-based pidgin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Example Phrases
The dialect is largely intelligible to Hindi speakers, and features simplified grammar with loanword infusions.[2]
| Phrase | English glosses | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| hum tumko modot korne nahi sekega | I (implied) you (tumko) help (modot) | 'I can't help you.' |
| tumra kuttaa se humko kamraayaa | Your (tumra) dog (kuttaa) me (humko) bit (kamraayaa) | 'Your dog bit me.' |
| tum kaha jaigah | Where (kaha) you (tum) go-Fut (jaigah) | 'Where will you go?' |
In contrast to printed forms of Hindi, the Haflong variety lacks person and number agreement in the verb and ergative marking of the subject when transitive clauses are in a preterite or perfect tense.
gollark: I will pay you one letter h if you do somehow manage to generate infinite energy this way.
gollark: I mean, it probably won't cost you much, so I guess try it if you want to, but don't expect it to do anything.
gollark: You're not going to overturn extremely well-established scientific laws with some weird apparatus and some water.
gollark: It would only go to a certain height or something, you can't make it loop forever without inputting energy.
gollark: (unless this is satire, I'm terrible at detecting satire)
References
- Col Ved Prakash, "Encyclopaedia of North-east India, Vol# 2", Atlantic Publishers Distributors;Pg 575, ISBN 978-81-269-0704-5
- "In this Assam district, Hindi unites 11 tribes". Indian Express, September 10, 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
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