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'''Chhachi''' is a [[Western Punjabi]] dialect that is commonly subsumed under [[Hindko]].{{sfn|Masica|1991|pp=19, 430}} It is spoken in the northwestern parts of [[Punjab, Pakistan]]. |
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'''Chhachi''', or '''Chacchī''',{{sfn|Shackle|1980|p=485}} is a dialect of [[Hindko]] spoken in the northwestern parts of [[Punjab, Pakistan]].{{sfn|Masica|1991|pp=19, 430}} [[G.A. Grierson|Grierson]] classified it within his "North-Western Lahndā" group, whereas [[Christopher Shackle|Shackle]] considers it part of Hindko "proper", alongside [[Ghebī]] and [[Avāṅkārī]].{{sfn|Shackle|1980|p=485}} It is mainly spoken in [[Attock District]], [[Hazara region]] and adjacent areas of [[Pakistani Punjab]] and [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]. |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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Its name is derived from Chach region in Attock District of Pakistani Punjab where chhachi clan which is sub section of the Kohli Khokhran clan. Khokharan Chhachi's live in India and Pakistan and are Hindu, Sikh or Muslim. The Khokharan are an ancient clan from the areas of West Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and Afghanistan. The Khokharan clan consists of Anand, Bhasin, Chadha, Chandhok, Ghai, Gandhok, Kohli, Sawhney, Suri, Sabharwal and Pathan including Yousafzai, Barakzai and Akhunzad. The Chhachi speak Punjabi(Hindko) and are settled in Bhera, Rawalpindi and Hazara. There are approximately 84 villages in the area. |
Its name is derived from Chach region in Attock District of Pakistani Punjab where chhachi clan which is sub section of the Kohli Khokhran clan. Khokharan Chhachi's live in India and Pakistan and are Hindu, Sikh or Muslim. The Khokharan are an ancient clan from the areas of West Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and Afghanistan. The Khokharan clan consists of Anand, Bhasin, Chadha, Chandhok, Ghai, Gandhok, Kohli, Sawhney, Suri, Sabharwal and Pathan including Yousafzai, Barakzai and Akhunzad. The Chhachi speak Punjabi(Hindko) and are settled in Bhera, Rawalpindi and Hazara. There are approximately 84 villages in the area. |
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==Classification== |
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Chachi was not adequately surveyed, and its classification had been uncertain. It had been historically classified as dialect of Punjabi. In 1920’s Garrison in his Linguist Survey of India classified into Northern cluster of Lahnda (Western Punjabi). It is also called Southern Hindko. |
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===Dialect speaking area=== |
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Chhachi(Hindko) is mainly spoken in [[Attock District]], Hazara Division and adjacent areas of Pakistani Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkha. |
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===See also=== |
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*[[Punjabi language]] |
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*[[Punjabi literature]] |
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*[[Punjabi culture]] |
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*[[Rawalpindi District]] |
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*[[Attock District]] |
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== References == |
== References == |
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== Bibliography == |
== Bibliography == |
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*{{Cite book| last = Masica| first = Colin P.|author-link = Colin Masica| title = The Indo-Aryan languages| series = Cambridge language surveys| date = 1991| publisher = Cambridge University Press| isbn = 978-0-521-23420-7| ref = harv}} |
*{{Cite book| last = Masica| first = Colin P.|author-link = Colin Masica| title = The Indo-Aryan languages| series = Cambridge language surveys| date = 1991| publisher = Cambridge University Press| isbn = 978-0-521-23420-7| ref = harv}} |
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*{{Cite journal| last = Shackle| first = Christopher| author-link = Christopher Shackle| date = 1980| doi = 10.1017/S0041977X00137401| issn = 0041-977X| volume = 43| issue = 3| pages = 482–510| | title = Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar| journal = Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies| url = http://www.journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0041977X00137401| ref = harv}} |
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Revision as of 01:32, 31 October 2016
Chhachi is a Western Punjabi dialect that is commonly subsumed under Hindko.[1] It is spoken in the northwestern parts of Punjab, Pakistan.
Etymology
Its name is derived from Chach region in Attock District of Pakistani Punjab where chhachi clan which is sub section of the Kohli Khokhran clan. Khokharan Chhachi's live in India and Pakistan and are Hindu, Sikh or Muslim. The Khokharan are an ancient clan from the areas of West Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and Afghanistan. The Khokharan clan consists of Anand, Bhasin, Chadha, Chandhok, Ghai, Gandhok, Kohli, Sawhney, Suri, Sabharwal and Pathan including Yousafzai, Barakzai and Akhunzad. The Chhachi speak Punjabi(Hindko) and are settled in Bhera, Rawalpindi and Hazara. There are approximately 84 villages in the area.
Classification
Chachi was not adequately surveyed, and its classification had been uncertain. It had been historically classified as dialect of Punjabi. In 1920’s Garrison in his Linguist Survey of India classified into Northern cluster of Lahnda (Western Punjabi). It is also called Southern Hindko.
Dialect speaking area
Chhachi(Hindko) is mainly spoken in Attock District, Hazara Division and adjacent areas of Pakistani Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkha.
See also
References
- ^ Masica 1991, pp. 19, 430.
Bibliography
- Masica, Colin P. (1991). The Indo-Aryan languages. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-23420-7.
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