Gaddi language

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Gaddi language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Gaddi people in the Indian Himalayan region, especially in Himachal Pradesh.

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Gaddi language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
natural language
alternateName Gaddi NERFINISHED
Gaddi Dogri NERFINISHED
Gaddi Pahari NERFINISHED
Gaddiyali
branch Northern Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Bhattiyali language NERFINISHED
Chambeali language NERFINISHED
Dogri language NERFINISHED
Kangri language
country India
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Gaddi NERFINISHED
family Indo-European languages NERFINISHED
hasDialects various local varieties in Chamba and Kangra
influencedBy Hindi NERFINISHED
Punjabi NERFINISHED
Sanskrit NERFINISHED
ISO639-3 gbk
languageFamily Indo-Aryan
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European

Indo-Iranian
linguisticArea South Asian linguistic area NERFINISHED
morphology inflectional
phonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration in stops
primaryRegion Himachal Pradesh NERFINISHED
region Indian Himalayas NERFINISHED
Western Himalayas NERFINISHED
script Devanagari script NERFINISHED
Perso-Arabic script NERFINISHED
Takri script NERFINISHED
spokenBy Gaddi people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Chamba district NERFINISHED
Dharamshala region NERFINISHED
Himachal Pradesh NERFINISHED
India
Kangra district NERFINISHED
Mandi district NERFINISHED
status minority language
regional language
subfamily Indo-Aryan languages
subgroup Western Pahari languages NERFINISHED
typology SOV word order
usedFor daily communication among Gaddi people
folk songs
oral tradition
storytelling
writingSystem Devanagari NERFINISHED
Takri NERFINISHED

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Takri script usedForLanguage Gaddi language