Joomla! site syndication http://www.pahari.org Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:45:08 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.pahari.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.pahari.org Joomla! site syndication http://www.pahari.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1061&Itemid=319 Excerpts from the Sayf ul Maluk - Sufi Mian Muhammad Bakhsh al-Qadiri (Rahimahullah) - APAS - Literature Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:19:58 +0100 http://www.pahari.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1066&Itemid=320 APAS - Correspondents Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:58:01 +0100 http://www.pahari.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1060&Itemid=316 Introduction Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to inform all concern about the Pahari Language, its journey through the history, survival under ever changing political and religious conditions and recent revival including UK. APAS - Reports Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:14:41 +0100 http://www.pahari.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1059&Itemid=315 The Background Context and Alphabet By Shams Rehman Introduction and Personal Reflections Pahari is one of the ancient most languages of South Asia. It is one of over two dozen languages spoken in the State of Jammu Kashmir (See Adalat Ali’s contribution in this pack). With almost all of the migration to Britain taking place from Pahari speaking areas of Kashmir, Pahari has also become one of the largest South Asian languages in Britain. Out of over half a million British Kashmiris only two hundred families originate from the Kashmir Valley with Kashiri or Koshar as their mother tongue. My interest in mother tongue that subsequently led me to be part of the fascinating process of alphabet development goes back to 1989 when I came to live in Britain. A brief recollection of personal reflections seems appropriate here to understand the context in which the alphabet for Pahari and related linguistic groups has taken place. APAS - Articles Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:05:53 +0100 http://www.pahari.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1063&Itemid=315 As I think all here recognize, any discussion of language involves a high degree of complexity and subtlety which, all too often, is confined to academe and is filtered down in uncoordinated ways to those working at the points of contact with fellow citizens for whom English may be their third language, let alone their second. We owe a debt of gratitude to Ali Daalat and his colleagues who have been, and continue to be, active in raising our awareness of Pahari. APAS - Articles Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:53:21 +0100