Chhachi, Chacchī,[1] or Chachhī[2] (چھاچھی)[citation needed] is a dialect of Hindko spoken in the northwestern parts of Punjab, Pakistan.[3] Grierson classified it within his "North-Western Lahndā" group, whereas Shackle considers it part of Hindko "proper", alongside Ghebī and Avāṅkārī.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Shackle 1980, p. 485.
- ^ Masica 1991, p. 19.
- ^ Masica 1991, pp. 19, 430.
Bibliography edit
- Masica, Colin P. (1991). The Indo-Aryan languages. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-23420-7.
- Shackle, Christopher (1980). "Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 43 (3): 482–510. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00137401. ISSN 0041-977X.