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Garhwali

गढ़वळि

Garhwali is an Indo-European language spoken in India and China, by about 3 million people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Garhwali · 30.5°N 78.7°E

Garhwali (गढ़वळि, IPA: [gɜɽʱʋɜɭiˑ], in native pronunciation) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Central Pahari subgroup. It is primarily spoken by over 2.4 million Garhwali people in the Garhwal division of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand in the Indian Himalayas.

Garhwali has a number of regional dialects. It 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.

From Wikipedia · Garhwali language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Garhwali

MeaningWordRomanization
personmanali*
namenau*
eyeakho*
earkan*
nosenak*
toothdat*
tonguejib*
handhat*
bloodloi*
bonehad*
skinTamri*
kneeghudu*
waterपाणिpāṇi
fireag*
sungham*
stargainu*
stonedhugu*
mountainpar*
treedal*
leafpathara*
nightrat*
dogkukur*
fishmaThu*
louseju*
oneek*
twodvi*
Imi*
youtu*
weham*
drinkpya*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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