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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Urdu dialect in Delhi}}<br />
{{Infobox language<br />
| name = Karkhandari<br />
| altname = Old Delhi Urdu dialect<br />
| region= [[Delhi]]<br />
| states= [[India]]<br />
| era= <br />
| speakers= 50,000 (1961)<ref>{{cite web| title = Karkhandari Dialect of Delhi Urdu| url = https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/karkhandari-dialect-of-delhi-urdu-gopi-chand-narang-ebooks#22| first = Gopi Chand| last = Narang| publisher = Munshiram Manoharlal<br />
| year = 1961| page = 22| language = en-IN}}</ref><br />
| familycolor= Indo-European<br />
| fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]<br />
| fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]<br />
| fam4 = [[Central Indo-Aryan languages|Central Indo-Aryan]]<br />
| fam5 = [[Western Hindi languages|Western Hindi]]<br />
| fam6 = [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]<br />
| fam7 = [[Urdu]]<br />
| notice= Indic<br />
| ethnicity= Delhiite<br />
| script= [[Persian alphabet|Perso-Arabic script]] ([[Urdu alphabet]])<br />
| ietf = <br />
}}<br />
'''Karkhandāri Urdu''' is a dialect of Urdu historically spoken in [[Old Delhi]] (Shahjahanabad''',''' Delhi-6). It is considered a traditional form of Delhi Urdu, though today it is rarely spoken and survives only among a few remaining speakers.<ref>{{cite news| last = Qasmi| first = Sohail Akhtar| title = پرانی دہلی کی کرخنداری اردو جس کا اب صرف لہجہ باقی ہے| trans-title = The Karkhandari Urdu of Old Delhi, now only a lingering accent| url = https://www.independenturdu.com/node/170896| work = [[The Independent|Independent Urdu]]| date = 15 June 2024| language = ur<br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
The word 'Karkhandāri' is derived from the Urdu word 'kārkhānā' which were the manufacturing houses and workshops for craftsmen, established by the Mughals in their empire. These were specialized workshops for crafting luxury goods, textiles, and weapons to meet the needs of the imperial household and military. They acted as centers for production and innovation. Some operations such as weaving, embroidery work, and brocade work were often done under one roof, resembling an integrated assembly line. The suffix 'dār' denotes worker or owner. The language label thereby stands for a colloquial language spoken by craftmen and artisans. However, a wider group of people used it aswell.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Ahmad |first=Rizwan |title=Shifting dunes: Changing meanings of Urdu in India. |date=2007 |degree=PhD |publisher=University of Michigan |hdl=2027.42/126879 |url=http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/126879 |language=EN}}</ref><br />
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== Distribution ==<br />
According to literary scholar [[Gopi Chand Narang]], ''Karkhandari'' was a [[sociolect]] used in the daily speech of artisans, craftsmen and small traders living in the old city of Delhi. Despite demographic and cultural changes in the capital, speakers of this dialect remain concentrated in specific parts of the historical city. The areas traditionally inhabited by Karkhandari speakers were geographically bounded by [[Chandni Chowk|Chāndni Chowk]] to the north, [[Daryaganj#History|Faiz Bazaar]] to the east, Asaf Ali Road to the south, and [[Gates of Delhi#Lahori_Gate,_of_the_Walled_City_of_Shahjahanabad|Lahori Gate]] to the west. The core population of speakers resided in the southwestern lanes near [[Jama Mosque, Delhi|Jama Masjid]] and Lāl Kuan Bazaar, including neighborhoods such as Chitli Qabar, Kucha Chailān, Kalān Mahal, Matiya Mahal, Bhojla Pahāri, Pahari Imli, Churi wālān, Tokri wālān, Soi wālān, Phātak Teliyan, Bulbuli Khāna, Mohalla Qabaristan, Gali Shāh Tāra, Kucha Pandit, Mohalla Rod garān, Farrāsh Khāna, and Gali Batāshān. Additional clusters were found northeast of Lal Kuan in [[Qasim Jan|Gali Qāsim Jān]], Ballimārān Bazaar, Haveli Hissām-uddin Haider, Bāra Dari Sher Afgan Khan, and Ahāta Kalē Sāhib. A few families near [[Khari Baoli|Khāri bāoli]], in Phātak Habash Khān, continue to preserve the dialect. Beyond the old city walls, Karkhandari speakers have also been identified in areas like Kishanganj, Shīsh Mahal, Qassāb pura, Beri Wāla Bāgh, and parts of Bāra Hindu Rao.<ref>{{cite book |last=Narang |first=Gopi Chand |author-link=Gopi Chand Narang |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/karkhandari-dialect-of-delhi-urdu-gopi-chand-narang-ebooks#21 |title=Karkhandari Dialect of Delhi Urdu |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal |year=1961 |pages=21–22 |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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== Influences ==<br />
Karkhandāri as well as [[Deccani language|old Deccani]] show several phonological and grammatical similarities now absent in modern Urdu and Hindi.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schmidt |first=Ruth Laila |title=The Indo-Aryan Languages |editor-last=Cardona |editor-first=George |pages=289 |chapter=Urdu |editor-last2=Jain |editor-first2=Dhanesh K.}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Dialects of Urdu]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]</div>RowenaGlenny3