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Gender Variation of Language Use in Family: A Study of an Endangered Language Spoken in North Pakistan

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Title: Gender Variation of Language Use in Family: A Study of an Endangered Language Spoken in North Pakistan

Authors: Uzma Anjum, Zafeer Hussain Kiani, Qaisar Khan

Journal: Kashmir Journal of Language Research

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Y 2023-07-01 2024-09-30
Y 2022-07-01 2023-06-30
Y 2021-07-01 2022-06-30

Publisher: University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Muzaffarabad

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2018

Volume: 21

Issue: 1

Language: English

Keywords: gender variationfamily language uselanguage vitality and shift

Categories
Sociolinguistics (1601) Linguistics (10232) Gender Studies (8916) Pakistan Studies (6022) Language Shift (8)

Abstract

Gender is a key factor in language vitality and shift. This paper aims at describing gendered variation of Mankiyali language inside the families of Tarawara community. Mankiyali is lesser acknowledged language spoken in north Pakistan with 500 speakers. The present study involved 189 men and 114 women of the community. The data were collected from all forty-two households of the village. This paper deals with cross sectional data and hypothesis testing. An independent sample t-test shows statistically meaningful mean values of language use patterns in the families of Mankiyali participants. The results establish the significantly higher Mankiyali language usage of the male participants.

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