Shauki

About

This Living Dictionary is for the Shauki language spoken by Shauka tribe in Johar, an area in Tibet border of mid Himalaya. It is a dialect of Hindi, just like kumaoni. It's original name was Rangkas which was changed to Suki khuun and ultimately to Suki and then Shauki. The trade with Tibet came to an abrupt end after the Indo-Chinese war, after the occupation of Tibet by China. The Shaukas reside in the Johaar Valley of Uttarakhand and have their own unique culture and language which is in the danger of being lost. The dictionary is compiled by Gajendra Singh Pangti with the support of some elderly members of the community. Mr. Pangti, a Shauka himself has authored a number of books on history and culture of Shauka community.

Grammar

Gender In spite of being a dialect of Hindi and using devnagari script it doesn't have gender difference in verb as is the case in English Singular/Plural Plural is made by adding 'n' Eg mains/man (मैंस) becomes maisan/men(मैसन) Relational word/noun 'er' or 'ner' is added to the verb. eg. Khaan/eat (खान) becomes khaaner/eater (खानेर). For plural 'ran' (रन) is added. eg khaaneran/eaters (खानेरन) Tenses For future tense: 'l' (ल) is used for will. eg. aul/will come (औल) For past tense: 'e' and 'ai '(ए, ऐ) is used. eg. ge/went (गे), wal gai/he sang (वल गै). Present tense: Nhe/न्हें is used for ing. Eg gainhe/is singing (गैन्हे) Noun (doer) is made from verb by adding er (एर and वाला) e.g. sing- singer; गैन-गैनेर; गैन वाल Adjective from verb is made by adding able (लैगो, जस) e.g. sing, singable; गैन-गैन लैगो, गैन जस Adjective from noun is made by adding of (वाल). e.g. Milam-of Milam; मिलम- मिलमवाल, मिलम्वाल