Vaghri (Bavri) is an Indo Aryan language of Pakistan spoken by the Vagri. It is closely related to Gujarati.

Phonology

/ŋ/, , and do not occur word-initially. All vowels except /e/ and /ɔ/ can be nasalized. There are four 'true' diphthongs, these being /ɔɑ/, /ɑi/, /ɑu/, and /ɑɯ/. The majority of monosyllabic words are CVC. Every word has at least one accented syllable.

Morphology

Vaghri distinguishes two noun classes: Masculine and feminine. Neuter Indo-Aryan nouns are mostly classed masculine. Nouns ending in /-ɒ/ generally belong to the masculine class. Nouns ending in /-i/ are generally feminine. Nouns in Vaghri are inflected for two numbers: singular and plural. Masculine nouns can be inflected for additional cases: Adjectives are inflected for noun class. There is no comparative affix, but the word ''wad^hu'' can be used to indicate the comparative. Vaghri pronouns inflect for case and number. Vaghri verbs, like other Indo-Aryan verbs, consist of three parts: A root, an affix, and a personal suffix. Passive voice is formed by adding -ā to the stem.

Vocabulary

ɒrdinal numerals are as follows:

References

Languages of Sindh Western Indo-Aryan languages {{IndoAryan-lang-stub