Gaddi language
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| Gaddi 𑚌𑚛𑚯 | |
|---|---|
| 𑚌𑚛𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯 Gaddiyali, 𑚡𑚤𑚢𑚵𑚪𑚯 Bharmauri | |
| 𑚌𑚛𑚊𑚯 Gaddki | |
 Gaddi, Gaddki, Gaddiyali and Bharmauri written in Takri Script | |
| Native to | Himachal Pradesh |
| Region | Bharmaur |
| Ethnicity | Gaddi |
Native speakers | 181069; Speaker count conflate with Hindi, Pahari and Chambeali |
| Takri | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gbk |
| Glottolog | gbk4193 Gaddi |
| ELP | Gaddi |
Gaddi (Also called Gaddki, Gaddiyali or Bharmauri; Takri: 𑚌𑚛𑚯, 𑚌𑚛𑚊𑚯, 𑚌𑚛𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯 or 𑚡𑚤𑚢𑚵𑚪𑚯) is a language of Gaddi people, who primarily populate the Bharmour Tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.
Dialects
On the variations of language, there are four dialects of the language.[1]
The first one is spoken in entire Bharmaur, Chhatrari and Bhatyat Tehsils of Chamba and Gaddi speaking regions of Kangra district. This region is a chaste Gaddi speaking region.
The second one is spoken in consists of Piyuhar, Belaj, Guun, Bakani, the upper part of Mehla and Kaded, etc.
The third one is spoken in the region of Basu and other adjoining area.
The fourth on is spoken in Lilh and Paho.
Script
The native script of the language is Takri script.
Status
The language is commonly called Pahari or Himachali. Some speaker may even call it a dialect of Dogri. The language has no official status. According to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the language is of definitely endangered category, i.e. many Gaddi children are not learning Gaddi as their mother tongue any longer.[2]
The demand for the inclusion of 'Pahari (Himachali)' under the Eight Schedule of the Constitution, which is supposed to represent multiple Pahari languages of Himachal Pradesh, had been made in the year 2010 by the state's Vidhan Sabha.[3] There has been no positive progress on this matter since then even when small organisations are taking upto themselves to save the language and demanding it.[4] Due to political interest, the language is currently recorded as a dialect of Hindi,[5] even when having a poor mutual intelligibility with it and having a higher mutual intelligibility with other recognised languages like Dogri and other Western Pahari languages.
References
- ^ PLSI The languages of Himachal Pradesh. Orient Blackswan. p. 104.
- ^ "Endangered languages".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Pahari Inclusion". Zee News.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Pahari Inclusion". The Statesman.
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