Western Pahari

E333839

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.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 group ⓘ
linked to: Western Pahari

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 ⓘ
linked to: Punjabi language

Sanskrit ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
partOf Pahari macrolanguage continuum ⓘ
recognizedAs mother tongue in Indian census (under various names) ⓘ
region Western Himalayas ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Kangri → languageGroup → Western Pahari ⓘ
Shimla → hasOfficialLanguage → Pahari ⓘ
linked to: Western Pahari
Dharamshala → hasSpokenLanguage → Pahari ⓘ
linked to: Western Pahari
Solan → localLanguage → Pahari ⓘ
linked to: Western Pahari
Kumaoni → hasDialects → Western Kumaoni ⓘ
linked to: Western Pahari
Uhl River → locatedIn → northwestern Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
linked to: Western Pahari
Banjar → regionalLanguage → Pahari ⓘ
linked to: Western Pahari
Western Pahari → hasAlternativeName → Western Pahari group ⓘ
linked to: Western Pahari
Guler school → associatedWithRegion → Pahari region ⓘ
linked to: Western Pahari
Kangri language → languageFamily → Western Pahari ⓘ
Sarazi → subfamily → Western Pahari ⓘ
Gaddi → linguisticArea → Western Pahari zone ⓘ
linked to: Western Pahari
Bhaderwahi → languageGroup → Western Pahari ⓘ
Kullu Pahari → partOf → Western Pahari group ⓘ
linked to: Western Pahari
Pahari (Jammu) → languageBranch → Western Pahari ⓘ
subject linked to: Pahari