Garhwali language
Garhwali (गढ़वळि, IPA: [gɜɽʱʋɜliˑ], in native pronunciation) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Central Pahari subgroup. It is primarily spoken by over 2.5 million Garhwali people in the Garhwal region of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand in the Indian Himalayas.
Garhwali | |
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गढ़वळि | |
![]() 'Garhwali' as spelled in Devanagari. | |
Native to | India |
Region | Garhwal, Uttarakhand |
Ethnicity | Garhwali |
Native speakers | 2.5 million (2011)[1] Official census results conflate some speakers with Hindi. |
Devanagari | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gbm |
Glottolog | garh1243 |
ELP | Garhwali |
Garhwali has a number of regional dialects.
Garhwali is not an endangered language (Ethnologue lists it as "vigorous"), it is nonetheless designated as "vulnerable" in UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, which indicates that the language requires consistent conservation efforts.[2]