Language Study Adi Aanya Stensrud Language Spread Adi

Language Study: Adi Aanya Stensrud

Language Spread • Adi is related to the Sino-Tibetan and Tani anguages Eastern and North Eastern India. • Adi is a general language including many related sublanguages • Originated in rural areas of India • Spread over areas from the Pradesh State in the North to Assam state in the far west and Easy Siang • Adi means hill or Mountain top

Language Change • The Bokar Lhoba People hwo are the founders and native speakers of the languages Adi reside with the Tani tribe in the Himalayan hills • Today there are 97, 000 native speakers in India and just over 100, 000 in the world • Beacause of the number of speakers and their separation many forms of the language have been derived

Standard Language Vs. Variant Languages • The standard language of Adi is founded around religion and takes some words and sounds from the Karan • The language itself: • Particles indicate grammatical relations such as tense and number • Many syllables per word • Long and Short Vowel distinction (vowels can either say their name or just a sound. )

Standard Language Vs Variant Languages • Due to the spread of the language and development over time there are many branches of this language • Karko is a denomination that has adopted more constantan sounds

Official Language • Adi is not an official language of India although it has a fair amount of speakers • The official language of India include, • English, Bengali, Hindi, Sindhi, Malayalam, and more (total of 24 official langagues)

Timeline of Development • The Adi’s live hill villages, each traditionally keeping to itself • The keeps languages separate and allows diversity • The language originated about the same time as Hindi in the 1600 s • Very similar sounding • Overtime it has changed and evolved through adding and changing words customs • The first grammar and dictionary type book written for Adi was in 1950 n

Disagreement and Struggles • The amount of speakers is on the decline but not yet considered endangered • Due to the fact that the tribes that speak this language are isolated • Anyone who leaves learns new language • This language in the past has caused a slight trade barrier between the Adi and other people. • Adi are self sufficient people and grow much of their own food • Adequate education for culture and trade specific skills

Current Event 1 • http: //hyperallergic. com/178685/on-the-brink-of-extinction-anindigenous-language-gets-its-first-dictionary/ • On the brink of extinction and Indigenous Language Gets its First Dictionary • Not for the Adi language but shows efforts to preserve many language

Current event 2 • http: //theweek. com/articles/541609/why-fight-hard-preserveendangeredlanguages • Why do we fight so hard to preserve endangered languages? • Is that losing a language is like losing a species • Linguistic diversity, intellectual diversity, cultural diversity, and cultural identity • Although it is important to communicate and have interaction if we lose these languages the world becomes a less divers place.