Western Pahari

E333839
Indo-Aryan languages language group

Western Pahari is a group of closely related Indo-Aryan languages spoken primarily in the hilly regions of Himachal Pradesh and surrounding areas in northern India.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Pahari 4
Western Kumaoni 1
Western Pahari canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
language group ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Central Pahari ⓘ
Eastern Pahari ⓘ
country India ⓘ
endangeredStatus many varieties are vulnerable ⓘ
some varieties are definitely endangered ⓘ
geographicDistribution western part of Himalayan belt in India ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Western Pahari ⓘ
surface form: Western Pahari group

Western Pahari language ⓘ
surface form: Western Pahari languages
hasDialect Bhattiyali ⓘ
Bilaspuri ⓘ
Churahi ⓘ
Jaunsari ⓘ
Kangri ⓘ
Kullu Pahari ⓘ
Mahasu Pahari ⓘ
Mandeali ⓘ
Sirmauri ⓘ
hasFeature mutual intelligibility varies between varieties ⓘ
significant dialectal variation ⓘ
influencedBy Hindi ⓘ
Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi

Sanskrit ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
partOf Pahari macrolanguage continuum ⓘ
recognizedAs mother tongue in Indian census (under various names) ⓘ
region western Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Western Himalayas
sociolinguisticSituation often overshadowed by Hindi in formal domains ⓘ
spokenIn Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
Uttarakhand ⓘ
hilly regions of Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
subclassOf Northern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Pahari languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature SOV word order ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ
rich case marking ⓘ
usedBy rural communities in Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
usedFor folk literature ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ
writingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ
Takri script ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kangri → languageGroup → Western Pahari ⓘ
Shimla → hasOfficialLanguage → Western Pahari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pahari
Dharamshala → hasSpokenLanguage → Western Pahari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pahari
Solan → localLanguage → Western Pahari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pahari
Kumaoni → hasDialects → Western Pahari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Kumaoni
Uhl River → locatedIn → Western Pahari ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Himachal Pradesh
Banjar → regionalLanguage → Western Pahari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pahari
Western Pahari → hasAlternativeName → Western Pahari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Pahari group