sugali zone
Banjara Language
The dialect of Gor
Banjaras is enriched with songs, ritual songs, folklores, proverbs and
phrases.Even though the Indian oral literature is in vogue since Vedic
times, generally the period of folklores like Panchatantra, Hitopadesh,
Arabian Nights date back to 6000 to 1000 BC. The tragedy of Greek King
Oedipus Rex is included as it is in Gor Banjara folklores. That means
the ancient Gor language and literature might be as ancient as the Greek
language. An independent dialect cannot be originated until there is an
interaction for some centuries. Aryan dialects and Indo-Aryan languages
need to be taken into consideration while searching for ancient history
of the Gor Banjara dialect.Author on Indian Culture Will Durand says:
“Sanskrit was the language of Pundits and priests. Even in Vedic period
the language of all people was not one but many. Ancient tribes had a
unique Aryan dialect (page 17).” It means an independent tribe was
speaking Gor dialect. More research is needed in this regard.
'Bhashaonka Viagyanik Adhyayan’: Indian Aryan clans had different types
and they had different dialects when they arrived in India. Aryan clans
were distributed in groups (Kabila).
Gor dialect belongs
to all Gor clan. Even today Gors while meeting for the first time ask
each other: “ton gormati awach kaiyee.” That means the dialect spoken by
Gor clan is the Gormati dialect. Among the aryans different clans had
number of dialects. In this context Dr. Shamshersinh Narula has a
reference in his book ‘Hindi Aur Pradeshik s). This clearly proves that
the Gor was a group with an independent dialect among the different
groups of Aryans. The pronunciations of the language become unclear in
the cold region while they are clear in the hot region. The language is
also affected by the place of origin and climatic factors. The meaning
of the words is also created through the environment. There is a saying
in Hindi, which means that the (taste of) water changes after every 4
miles while the language changes after every 10th mile. Gor Boli seems
to be obeying this rule. The ancient Pashto language of Afghanistan in
1500-500 BC had an impact on the Gor dialect. Later the Paishahi
language in Central India had an impact on it from 500 BC to 1000 AD.
And since then, according to changing times Arabic, Persian, Urdu,
Rajasthan, Hindi, Nemadi, Malawi dialects were also instrumental in
shaping the Gor dialect. Today the Gor Banjaras inhabit in 20 provinces.
Even though the Gor dialect had been subjected to local dialects still
two Banjara men from different provinces find no difficulty in
communicating with each other. It means that the Gor dialect is alive
today without any destruction of its core. A look at their oral
literature and dialect before they entered India reveals that many of
their generations had resided in Afghanistan. The independent Gor
dialect might have originated in the Afghanistan region. Sanskrit is
considered as the mother of Indian languages. Even its origin is said to
be in Afghanistan according to a reference in a book by Samshersinh
Narula: “Based on the comparative study of Pashto and Sanskrit, it is
concluded that the Sanskrit has originated in the region West of Indus
river (page 30).” Based on this finding the theory that the place of
origin of Gors might be Afghanistan gets support once again. A
researcher in Indian languages Dr. Griyarson has noted that Banjara
Labhani dialect is the sub-dialect of Rajasthani language. While
language expert Bholanath Tiwari, Dr. Uday Narayan Tiwari and researcher
in Indian dialects Dr. Devendra Kumar Shastri treat Labhani Banjara
dialect at par with Nimadi and Malawi dialect. More interested readers
should refer to my book titled ‘Gormati.’
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