Vibeituonuo Mere
, Dr. Imlienla Imchen
Gender, Poula, Chakhesang, Phek, Nagaland
Abstract - “The word ‘gender’ is used not just for a group of nouns but also for the whole category; thus, we may say that a particular language has, say, three genders, masculine, feminine and neuter, and that the language has the category of gender” (Corbett 1999:1). David Crystal (2008:206) discussed gender as “A grammatical category used for the analyses of masculine, feminine and neuter, animate and inanimate etc”. This paper aims to explore the various types of gender in Poula, a language belonging to the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Kuki-Chin sub-branch. Poula is one of the three languages spoken by the Chakhesang tribe of Nagaland, with a majority of speakers residing in parts of Manipur. The other two languages spoken by the tribe are Chokri and Khezha, and linguistically, Poula shares a contiguous border with Manipur. This study will focus on the variety of Poula spoken in the Phek district of Nagaland. Despite numerous literary works being done on Chokri and Khezha, Poula remains an unexplored and undocumented dialect. This particular dialect of Chakhesang is relatively unknown even to other Naga language communities.
Volume 11
Issue 2,
February-2024
Pages : a763-a767
Paper Reg. ID: TIJER_151353
Published Paper Id: TIJER2402096
Downloads: 000290
Research Area: Languages
Country: Kohima, Nagaland, India
ISSN: 2349-9249 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.57 Calculated By Google Scholar | ESTD YEAR: 2014
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