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ORIYA PAPER-I (Answers must be written in Oriya) Section-A History of Oriya Language Origin and development of Oriya Language-Influence of Austric, Dravidian, Perso-Arabic and English on Oriya Language. Phonetics and Phonemics : Vowels, Consonants Principles of changes in Oriya sounds. Morphology : Morphemes (free, bound compound and complex), derivational and inflectional affixes, case inflection, conjugation […]

NEPALI PAPER-I (Answers must be written in Nepali) Section-A History of the origin and development of Nepali as one of the new IndoAryan Languages Fundamentals of Nepali Grammar and phonology: Nominal forms and categories : Gender, Number, Case, Adjectives,Pronouns, Avyayas Verbal forms and categoriesTense, Aspects, Voice, Roots and Fixes Nepali Swara and Vyanjana; Major Dialects […]

MARATHI PAPER-I (Answers must be written in Marathi) Section-A Language and Folk-Iore : (a) Nature and Functions of Language (with reference to Marathi) Language as a signifying system : Langue and Parole; Basic functions; Poetic language; Standard Language and dialect; Language variations according to social parameters. Linguistic features of Marathi in thirteenth century and seventeenth […]

MANIPURI PAPER-I (Answers must be written in Manipuri) Section-A Language : General characteristics of Manipuri Language and history of its development; its importance and status among the TibetoBurman Languages of North-East India; recent development in the study of Manipuri language; evolution and study of old Manipuri script. Significant features of Manipuri language : Phonology-Phoneme-vowels, consonants […]

MALAYALAM   PAPER-I (Answers must be written in Malayalam) Section-A Unit 1-Early phase of Malayalam Language: 1.1 Various theories: origin from proto Dravidian, Tamil, Sanskrit. 1.2 Relation between Tamil and Malayalam: Six nayas of A.R. Rajarajavarma. 1.3 Pattu school-definition, Ramacharitam, later pattu works-Niranam works and Krishnagatha. Unit 2-Linguistic features of : 2.1 Manipravalam-definition. Language of […]

MAITHILI PAPER-I History of Maithili Language and its Literature (Answer to be written in Maithili) PART-A History of Maithili Language Place of Maithili in Indo-European language family. Origin and development of Maithili language. (Sanskrit, Prakrit, Avhatt, Maithili) Periodic division of Maithili Language. (Beginning, Middle era, Modern era) Maithili and its different dialects. Relationship between Maithili […]