Understanding Pogali : An unsung dialect need revitalisation

✒️:. Sadaket Ali Malik

Pogali language is centuries old and well researched language in historical books as is evident from linguists within the country and abroad have researched it. and reviewed. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Graham bailey called pogali a part of the Northern Himalayan languages. He did a rigorous research on it, he described the rules and regulations and his contemporaries George Grierson in his “linguistic survey of india” Volume 8.
Meanwhile Petterhook did syntax detailed review on it. The origin and complexity of this matter is estimated it can be assumed that its importance and usefulness have been covered in pages only. In the recent past, Peter hook also reviewed this language and his grammar has been criticized only on the pronunciation.

In Rajtarangani, kalhan mentioned pogal and poly what is the language? Kashmiri poet Ghulam Mustafa has written about Pogal Paristan and the first time we reveal the writings of Ishrat kashmiri who wrote “Tarikh pagal prastan” (History of Pogal Paristan) during his stay at Pogal. The research of Ishrit Kashmiri is rare and indelible to the literature supporting the linguistic diversity of Pogal Paristan.

The Gazetteer of Jammu kashmir and ladakh also mentions Pogali language and the entire region, its allied villages and huge landscape.
Professor Margoob Banhali an eminent kashmiri scholar and Dr. Munir Fatima also wrote papers on Pogali and advocated that language is considered to be the original branch of kashmiri. However Frederick Drew call all these people the true pahari dwellers owing to the ethnic relevance, dhoks and dhars like Hans Raj Top and many other lush green uplands where cattle rearing by the native speakers is a practice. Researchers like Mohammad Iqbal Neelvi has raised the issue of phonology of pogali language and compiled a book titled ‘nizam’ and related to pugali language and phonetic system with full discussion and analysis and many aspects have been highlighted. The work is perfect, meaningful and interesting. When the language reaches such a stage of evolution where the thinking mind has its invaluable abilities from and hard work to come to such a destination and express your thoughts to others (if it succeeds, then the creativity of literature comes into being.) the aesthetic aspect of art in pogali language has been going on since ancient times elucidated Abdul Khaliq Retired Principal and a vateren writer. During the era when there was no writing system this language prevailed. The ancients told supernatural stories narrated the wonderful legends and stories of the Gods and Goddesses and these stories back to back they used to tell the next generations but could not preserve these stories added Abdul Khaliq in his writings. People since ancient times express emotions, feelings, imaginations in songs, chants in the language. They used to recite in high melodious voices in the mountains and forests and sometimes questions and answers were also recited through channa in a mesmerizing voice.

Muhyiddin Roshan pahari too contributed for pogali poetry. but there is no written evidence of such oral tradition. Pogli language the written material of begins with Abdul Aziz Mushtaq Pogli. He is an experienced and renowned poet of the area. In 1942, he write exclusively. Mushtaq Pogali’s book ‘main khyal’ was published, on which
comments of Alhaj Muhammad Amin Wani can be seen. He managed various topics in it has gone most of the songs in this short booklet are included. He continued the creative Journey and offered better performances in the case of the poetry collection ‘main kohistan’ (My kohistan in which ishrat apart from the kashmiri diction, Mushtaq Pogali wrote his third collection of 80 pages of poetry “Har sao prastan” in 1980-81 and part of it is prose in which the author introduces pogal puristan its linguistic featues and other topics are also discussed. Mushtaq Pogali’s works on Pogali language and literature is a rich source of reference for the researchers. Mohammad Ismail Asri also wrote extensively on pogali language.

the now innumerable writers of the Pogali language the poets are abdul Rauf Rahi, Firdous Ahmad Gulbaz, Abdul Latief faraz, Hafeez ur Rehman shameen, Basheer Ahmad Basheer, Mohammad Shafiq Runyal, Ghulam Rasool Shaheen, Rais Ahmed Bali, Abdul Rasheed Makhzoob, Mohammad Yusuf Khan, Mohammad Iqbal Katoch, Majid Hussain Naik, Ghulam Abbas, Abdul Latif Bulbul , Ghulam Abbas Masroor, Muhammad iqbal Naik Nelvi, Arshad Jahangir Majroo, Farooq Ahmed Nadam. Among them Muhammad Hussain Naik, Ghulam Abbas, Abdul latief Bulbul and Nadam has poetry collections have been published in the shape of books.
Abdul Rauf also compiled a literary book called “rudad kohistan” in which various scholarly articles are in it and are quite striking.

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