ISO 639-3 Registration Authority Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3 This form is to be used in conjunction with a “Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code” form Date: 2020-8-6 Name of Primary Requester: SHAKEEL AHMED SOHIL E-mail address: Shakeelrahi85 at gmail dot com Names, affiliations and email addresses of additional supporters of this request: mohd muzzamil sohil Devi Ahliya University Indore, mmsohill at gmail dot com mohd iqbal naik and Khah Writers Association, mohdiqbalnaik493 at gmail dot com mohd idrees naik jaamia milia islamia new dehli ,mohdidreesnaik6 at gmail dot com mohd rafiq naik, Jammu and Kashmir Khah Writers Association, [email protected]

Associated Change request number : 2020-029 (completed by Registration Authority) Tentative assignment of new identifier : hkh (completed by Registration Authority)

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1. NAMES and IDENTIFICATION a) Preferred name of language for code element denotation: KHAH LANGUAGE

b) Autonym (self-name) for this language: KHAH

c) Common alternate names and spellings of language, and any established abbreviations: POGLI,POGALI,KHASHA,KHASHALI,PARISTANI,KHAH,,PANCHALI

d) Reason for preferred name: THE MAIN REASON FOR THE PREFERRED NAME IS THAT IT IS THE LANGUAGE OF KHASHA TRIBE WHO ACCORDING TO RAJTRANGINI GOT SETTLED IN BETWEEN JEHLAM AND CHINAB AND RULED THE REGION THAT IS WHY THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR LANGUAGE OF THIS REGION.

e) Name and approximate population of ethnic group or community who use this language (complete individual language currently in use): THE NAME OF THE LANGUAGE IS KHAH.IT HAS ALMOST TWO LAKH NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.

f) Preferred three letter identifier, if available: KHA Your suggestion will be taken into account, but the Registration Authority will determine the identifier to be proposed. The identifiers is not intended to be an abbreviation for a name of the language, but to serve as a device to identify a given language uniquely. With thousands of languages, many sets of which have similar names, it is not possible to provide identifiers that resemble a language name in every case.

Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3, page 1 2. TEMPORAL DESCRIPTION and LOCATION a) Is this a Living language Nearly extinct/secondary use only (includes languages in revival) Recently extinct language Historical language Ancient language Artificially constructed language Macrolanguage

(Select one. See explanations of these types at http://www.sil.org/iso639%2D3/types.asp) For individual languages, also complete: b) Countries where used: COUNTRY STATE JAMMU AND KASHMIR SPOKEN PRIMARLY IN

c) Region within each country: towns, districts, states or provinces where used. Include GPS coordinates of the approximate center of the language, if possible: ,RAMSOO,KHARI,UKHRAL[POGAL PARISTAN] TEHSILS OF RAMBAN ARE TOTALLY INHABITTED BY KHAH SPEAKING PEOPLE .MAITRA,PARNOTE, BALAWAT,BKANGA KABBI,GANDHARI,DIGDOLE,SANGALDAN SUMBER ,TANGER,BATLI,PEERAH,GANOTE OF RAMBAN TEHSIL AND BALI,MAWALKOTE,LAR GOOL GULABGARH OF REASI DISTRICT,PATNITOP,BUSHT,CHENANI, TIKRI OF ,CHHANI,BHATINDI,JANIPUR,SIDHRA OF ,SHEER BARAMULA,SANATNAGAR LALBAZAR SRINAGAR,ISLAMBAD ANANTNAG ARE KHAH INHABITTED AREAS.

d) For an ancient or historical language, give approximate time frame; for a recently extinct language, give the approximate date of the last known user’s death

3. MODALITY AND LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION a) This language is: Signed Spoken Attested only in writings

b) Language family, if classified; origin, if artificially constructed: IT IS AN UN EXPLORED LANGUAGE AND HAS NOT BEEN MENTIONE IN ANY CLASSIFICATIONS. ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH IT IS AN INDO ARYAN LANGUAGE OF CENTRAL GROUP.IT HAS THREE DIALECTS SIRAZI,ZUNDHARI AND NEERAVI.ACCORDING TO GRIERSON IN VOL.IX PART 4 OF LINGUISTIC SURVEY OF INDIA THE AREA BETWEEN BANIHAL TO CHANDRABHAGA WAS INHABITED BY KHASHA TRIBE,

c) Closest language linguistically. For a Macrolanguage, list the individual languages (adopted and/or proposed) to be included in its group. For signed language, note influence from other signed or

Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3, page 2 spoken languages: AS THIS KHASHA TRIBE CAME FROM CENTRAL ASIA AND WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME THE LANGUAGE GOT INFLUENCED BY OTHER LANGUAGES .IT HAS SOME SIMILARITIES WITH KASHMIRI,BHADERWAHIAND .THE DIALECTS OF KHAH [SIRAZI,ZUNDHARI AND NEERAVI]ARE MORE OR LESS LIKE KHAH LANGUAGE.

4. LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND USE a) What written literature, inscriptions or recordings exist in this language? Are there newspapers, radio or television broadcasts, etc.?: SOME BOOKS ARE WRITTEN IN THIS LANGUAGE E.G. Books author 1 Myoon Khyaal (1970) Mushtaq pogli 2 Myoon Kohistan (1975) Mushtaq pogali 3 Hirtshaav Paristan (1985) Mushtaq pogli 4 Tohfa-e-Aazmeen-e-Hujaj (2005) mushtaq pogli 5 Manzoomaat-e-Sharva (2012) mushtaq pogli 6 Am para translation in poguli [ khah] mushtaq pogli 7 Toi chhos Meharban Manzoor katoch pogli 8 Yaadashte-zulaf kaar zulifkar pogli 9 Kantan manz poash Farooq nadim 10 Pogli zuban ka sutiyaati nizaam Mohd Iqbal Naik 11 Nov bahaar Shakeel Rahi Sohilpori 12 Khah Haraph Zaan Shakeel Rahi Sohilpori 13 Grammar of Khah Language Shakeel Rahi Sohilpori 14 Ukh suwon doos Abdul Latief Bulbul 15 Baalan manz laal Abdul Latief Bulbul 16 Gulistaan e neel Abdul Latief Bulbul 17 Tarikh e pogal paristaan Mohd Ismael Asri 18 Tawarikh alaqa e neel Abdul Rahman Sohil 19 Roodaad e Kohistaan 2015 Abdur Roaf Rahi 20 Phulvon G>:ʃ 2018 Master Mohd Abaas Naik Masroor 21 phulhaar Master Mohd Hussain Naik ,

b) Is this language officially recognized by any level of government? Is it used in any levels of formal education as a language of instruction (for other subjects)? Is it taught in schools?: no

c) Comment on factors of ethnolinguistic identity and informal domains of use: Khah is an indo aryan language.it is spoken primarily in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. khah language is regularly used in day toay life at home,community and in different places .it is the language of khasha tribe.it is used in family domain,frienship domain,listening domain,social speech etc it is the common language of this ethnic group living in this areas and have their own identity .khah language has preserved some of the archaic elements .

Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3, page 3 SOURCES OF INFORMATION You do not need to repeat sources previously identified in the form, “Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code” a) First-hand knowledge. Describe: khah language is an indo aryan language .i collected data from the areas where it is spoken and came to know that the language spoken beyond pogal paristan is called khah which is the language of khasha tribe .it has been mentioned in rajtrangini the ancient history of kashmir that khasha tribe got settled in between vitasta modern jehlam and chandar bhaga modern chinab .According to Grierson khasha tribe speak a language which is closely allied to and eranian avesta and he in linguistic survey of india had declared it as extinct landuage because he could not find any data available .

b) Knowledge through personal communication. Describe: when we study this language which is almost unexplored and less documented language we find that this language is really the language of khasha tribe of this region.As grierson had never visited this region and has based his study on the folk tales of T G Bailey .So he has mentioned it As poguli which is not true because the region was ruled by khasha lords and lord bhagika was the last ruler of this tribe .the people of this region are called khah.this language has close resemblences with sanskrit and persian.

c) Knowledge from published sources. Include known dictionaries, grammars, etc. (please give complete bibliographical references): most of the linguists have written it poguli spoken in pogul paristan valleys but the fact is that khah is the language spoken not only in pogal paristan but is almost a major language of Ramban district.it is almost an unexplored and less documented language.as this is the language of khasha tribe who according to rajtrangni got settled in between vitasta[jehlum] and chandra bhaga [chinab]. they ruled this region and bhagika was the last ruler of this tribe .there language was called khah language. grierson has mentioned in his linguistic survey of india that the language of khasha tribe who got settled in pir panchal region has been lost.Most of the researcher have written as regional dialect of kashmiri spoken outside valley of kashmir by the name poguli which is not true. 1 Grierson G A 1919, linguistic survey of india vol .IX part IV calcutta Royal Asiatic Society ,Reprinted Dehli Moyi lal Banarsidass 1968. 2- Bailey T g , 1908 , languages of northern himalyas ,london,Royal Asiatic Society 3 kalhan Rajtrangini , translations by dr Stein 4 Dhar nazir ahmed 2013, a note on khah morphology , interdisciplinary journal of linguistics university of kashmir pp 111-124 5 , sohil shakeel ahmed 2017 ,the history of panchali[poguli/khah]language and its areas creative launcher vol 2 issue 4 pp 471-478 6 , Sohil Shakeel Ahmed ,2017 The Sanskritic elements in Panchali[poguli/khah]language , language in india vol 17 issue 11 pp 293-312 7 Sohil shakeel ahmed, the phonoligical study of panchali[poguli/khah]language in language in india 8 shaad G M 2010 ,MVLANKON tanqeed ta tahqeeq, Ashraf book centre Red cross road srinagar pp.200 9 Sohil Shakeel Ahmed 2017 influence of , Persian on Panchali[Poguli/ Khah ] language Literary Herald vol 3 issue 3 pp 115-138 10 Naik mohd idrees,Khah language , khahsha and well found confusions

Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3, page 4 11 Naik mohd iqbal, 2005 ,pogli zubaan ka sutiyaati nizaaam New Dehli; Makaaf printers 12 Banihali Manshoor,2015 , banihal-gateway of kashmir ,kaaf printers srinagar 13 Sohil mohd muzammil, 2017 Original and the inherrent name of kashmiri dialect Literary Herald vol 2 issue 4 pp 374-377 14 sohil shakeel ahmed, grammar of khah language 15 Mehraj et al 2012 a linguistic survey of kashmiri dialects part ii Mysore; Central institute of indian languages 16 Grierson G A 1919 a linguistic survey of india part ii calcutta Royal Asiatic society Reprint Dehli Moti lal banarsi dass 1968 17 Asri Mohd Ismael 2017 tarikh e pogal paristan Maligam; kashfiya education and preaching centre 18 wani Neelofar Hussain 2014, Aspect and mood in Poguli,in interdisciplinary journal of linguistics vol. 7 pp 170-183 19 Hook P E, 1987, Poguli syntax in the light of kashmiri;a preliminary report,studies in the linguistic sciences 17[1] pp 63-71 20 Kak Aadil Amin and N H wani ,2013, Some aspects of poguli kashmiri comparison,international journal of advanced research,vol.1 issue 2 pp 100-106 21 wani Neelofar Hussain 2014,A Morphological Description of poguli ,ph.D university of kashmir unpublished

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Sources of documentation for ISO 639-3 identifiers: Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/ . LinguistList. Ancient and Extinct Languages. http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/GetListOfAncientLgs.html LinguistList. Constructed Languages. http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/GetListOfConstructedLgs.html

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