Bauria language
Bauria, also called Baori, is a Bhil language of India. It is spoken by the Babaria and Moghia. It is closely related to Habura, Pardhi, and Siyalgir[3] Classification and grammarBauria is a Bhil language. The /s/ phoneme regularly becomes [kh], except before /i/ or /e/. /kh/ may weaken to [h]. The genitive posposition is nō or nan (feminine nī, oblique masculine nā). The dative is nū̃, nē, nai, or nā̃. Nā̃ is borrowed from the surrounding Punjabi. The oblique suffix is often weakened to n, as in tihōn, 'to them'. The ablative suffix is thō, which agrees in gender and case with the governing noun. The locative and agentive suffixes are -ē. The pronouns are as follows:
The verb substantive is sō̃ 'I am' and uttō 'was'. uttō becomes -tō when used as an auxiliary to form the perfective. The present continuous uses sō̃ as an auxiliary. The past participle ends un -iō. The negative verb prefixes kō-. Sample passageThe following is a sample passage provided by Grierson: Ēk One janā-nai man-DAT bai two dīkar-ā son-PL uttā. were A man had two sons. Tihō-mai-thē 3PL-LOC-AGT nanōṛ-ē younger-NOM dīkr-ē son-NOM āgā-nai father-OBL kēhawā say lagiō, begin-PST.PAS, 'ō 'o āgā, father, jō what aparō̃ GEN.2SG walēwō property hi-riō remain-PST.PAS tihā-mai-thō that-ABL mannē 1SG.OBL bhāg^lō share dai-dē.' give-away." The younger began to say to the father, "Oh father, what property is for you to give to me?" Ti-nē 3SG-AGT tihōn 3PL-DAT walēwō property waṇḍī divide-PRF diddō. give-PST.PAS. He gave them his divided property Ghanā many dan days kō-thāiā-nahī̃ NEG-be.PST-at.all tē then nanōrē younger-AGT dīkarē son-AGT kharō all walēwō property bhēlō together karī-liddō, collect-PST.PAS Not many days passed until the younger son collected all the property References
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