EVI 41 2 Radhika
EVI 41 2 Radhika
EVI 41 2 Radhika
Interference of Bhojpuri
Language in Learning English
as a Second Language
V. RADHIKA1
ABSTRACT
Studying the special features of any language is interesting for exploring many
unrevealed facts about that language. The purpose of this paper is to create interest in
the mind of readers to identify the special features of Bhojpuri language, which is
gaining importance in India in the recent years among the spoken languages and make
the readers to get rid of the problem of interference of this language in learning English
as a second language.
1.
b.
c.
d.
Nagpuri [sadani]
d. Mauritian -
Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri does not have certain phonological sound as in English. Bhojpuri simply resorts to phonological
reshaping. It doesnt use affixes. Labio dental approximant v is pronounced as voiced plosive b.
e.g.; - va sound is pronounced as ba
b.
Vasanth Pancham
- Basanth Panchami
Vasu
- Basu
Palatal fricative sha and retroflex fricative sh are merged with fricatives and pronounced identically.
There is no distinction between the sounds She and See / Sea. There is no variation in pronouncing
the words because there is only one sibilant /s/ for both palatal and dental.
e.g.: She sells sea shells in the seashore pronounced as
She shells shee shells in the shee shore.
c.
In English we have three nasal sounds but in Bhojpuri there are five nasal
Sentence pattern: In Hindi and Bhojpuri sentence always ends with verb but in English verb follows
subject and sentence ends with object.
E.g.: English
: He is a boy.
Bhojpuri
b.
: E ladka bha.
: He eats an apple.
Word Order: In Hindi and Bhojpuri the word order can be changed without changing its meaning in a
sentence. But it is not possible in English.
e.g. English
Hindi
Loan Words: Inspite of Bhojpuri accepts some loan words from different languages like Sanskrit,
Persian, Hindi and English, as English accepts loan word from Greek, Latin, French, Urdu, Hindi and
Tamil, there is a vast difference in pronouncing the accepted words.
e.g.
English
Bhojpuri
loan words
words
Sanskrit
Greek
loan
salary
Brahma
pronounced
as
bramma
Latin
rupee
Arab/ Persian
Jarur
French
memorandum
English
Doctor
pronounced
as
Urdu
dobi
Hindi
Tamil
Hindi
kattamaran
pat - Anpat
Suffixes: In Bhojpuri suffixes are found to be more numerous than prefixes. There are two types of
suffixes such as primary suffixes and secondary suffixes. Some suffixes change the gender in the noun
form. Genders in Bhojpuri and Hindi are determined by usage.
Primary suffixes:
Hi-
mar marna
Bholna -Bholi
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