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IDENTITIES AT THE BORDERS OF BALOCHISTAN AN ETHNOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF SARAIKI SPEAKING BALOCH TRIBES

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).15      10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).15      Published : Jun 2020

Identities at the Borders of Balochistan: An Ethnolinguistic Study of Saraiki Speaking Baloch Tribes

Abstract

    Balochistan shares a border with Punjab and Sindh, which makes Balochistan a linguistically diverse province. Within ethnic groups residing in Balochistan, there is a huge variety of languages spoken. This scenario raises the question of the ethno-linguistic identity of people residing at the borders of Balochistan. The present study focuses on the ethnic and linguistic identity of Baloch tribes that speak Saraiki and reside at the Balochistan Punjab border and Balochistan Sindh border. The study explores the role of language in the identity formation of Saraiki speaking Baloch tribes. The data is collected through Semi-Structured interviews of 10 Saraiki speaking Baloch. The findings revealed that the replacement of Balochi language with Saraiki language has little or no influence on their ethnic identity as Baloch. However, there are few factors such as gender, level of education, knowledge of history and the passage of time that contribute to the acceptability of Saraiki speaking as Baloch

    Linguistic Identity, Ethnic Identity, Culture and Language.

    (1) Mehwish Malghani
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Fouzia Rehman Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of English,Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (3) Shumaila Mazher
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Malghani, M., Khan, F. R., & Mazher, S. (2020). Identities at the Borders of Balochistan: An Ethnolinguistic Study of Saraiki Speaking Baloch Tribes. Global Regional Review, V(II), 138-146. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).15

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Malghani, Mehwish, Fouzia Rehman Khan, and Shumaila Mazher. 2020. "Identities at the Borders of Balochistan: An Ethnolinguistic Study of Saraiki Speaking Baloch Tribes." Global Regional Review, V (II): 138-146 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).15

HARVARD

    HARVARD : MALGHANI, M., KHAN, F. R. & MAZHER, S. 2020. Identities at the Borders of Balochistan: An Ethnolinguistic Study of Saraiki Speaking Baloch Tribes. Global Regional Review, V, 138-146.

MHRA

    MHRA : Malghani, Mehwish, Fouzia Rehman Khan, and Shumaila Mazher. 2020. "Identities at the Borders of Balochistan: An Ethnolinguistic Study of Saraiki Speaking Baloch Tribes." Global Regional Review, V: 138-146

MLA

    MLA : Malghani, Mehwish, Fouzia Rehman Khan, and Shumaila Mazher. "Identities at the Borders of Balochistan: An Ethnolinguistic Study of Saraiki Speaking Baloch Tribes." Global Regional Review, V.II (2020): 138-146 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Malghani, Mehwish, Khan, Fouzia Rehman, and Mazher, Shumaila (2020), "Identities at the Borders of Balochistan: An Ethnolinguistic Study of Saraiki Speaking Baloch Tribes", Global Regional Review, V (II), 138-146

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Malghani, Mehwish, Fouzia Rehman Khan, and Shumaila Mazher. "Identities at the Borders of Balochistan: An Ethnolinguistic Study of Saraiki Speaking Baloch Tribes." Global Regional Review V, no. II (2020): 138-146. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).15