Description and Classification of Balti Consonant Stop Sounds

Ghulam Abbas Ghulam Abbas,Madiha Bashir

doi:10.32350/llr.v6i1.571

Abstract

The study aims to describe and classify consonant stop sounds of the Balti language, which is spoken in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. In order to describe and classify these sounds, 120 words were selected from literature written in the Balti language. A purposive sample of 20 Balti speakers from 16 to 35 years of age, who were studying in various degree programs at Government College for Boys, Model Town, Lahore and University of Management and Technology, Lahore, was selected to record possible Balti consonant stop sounds. The physical features of each consonant stop sound were carried through the software package for speech analysis in phonetics. The study reveals that there are 15 consonant stop sounds in the Balti language. The study helps document the Balti language, which follows mostly a verbal tradition like many other languages of the region.

Highlights

The study aims to describe and classify consonant stop sounds of the Balti language, which is spoken in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
The study reveals that there are 15 consonant stop sounds in the Balti language
In the extreme north of Pakistan, Baltistan is firmly upright with the unparalleled magnitude of mountainous ranges

Summary

Introduction

In the extreme north of Pakistan, Baltistan is firmly upright with the unparalleled magnitude of mountainous ranges. The Balti language is from the family of Sino-Bodic language spoken in the Himalish region and Tibeto- Burman of Sino-Tibetan. The richness of this language can be noticed from the fact that it is the second chief clan compared to other language families. The initial work in this regard is by Godwin-Austen (1866), who is considered the famous surveyor of the Karakoram Mountains He is the first European to publish a book on the vocabulary of the Balti language. Bailey (1915) added a more detailed grammatical outline and vocabulary of Purki As compare to these researchers, Read (1934) published the most extensive grammar of Balti to date, along with the words list of 2,000 words. How many consonant stop sounds are in the Balti language? What are physical features (voicing, aspiration, manner, and place of articulations) of

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