Gujari
Gujari is an Indo-European language spoken in Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan.
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Gujari (English: GUU-JAH-REE; گُجری, गुर्जरी, 𑚌𑚰𑚤𑚶𑚑𑚤𑚯) is an Indo-Aryan language. It is classified as part of the Rajasthani languages under the Western Indo-Aryan language subfamily. It is spoken by Gurjars in the northern parts of India and Pakistan, as well as in the eastern parts of Afghanistan. Gujari is written in the Perso-Arabic script and Devanagari, both are used in India while Perso-Arabic is used in Pakistan.
Gujari is the second most widely spoken language in both India-administered Jammu and Kashmir (after Kashmiri), and Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir (after Pahari-Pothwari). It is spoken by 19% of the population in Azad Kashmir and by 9.5% of the population in Jammu and Kashmir.
It is also spoken in other areas of northern Pakistan including the northern half of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (where it ranks after Pashto, Hindko, and Saraiki in number of speakers) and in Gilgit-Baltistan; and northern and western India including, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
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Words in Gujari
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | manos* | |
| name | na* | |
| eye | akh* | |
| ear | kan* | |
| nose | nakh* | |
| tooth | d3nt* | |
| tongue | jib* | |
| blood | Lou* | |
| bone | h3di* | |
| skin | khal* | |
| breast | C3ti* | |
| water | پاݩی | pāṇī |
| fire | ag* | |
| sun | suraZ* | |
| star | tar3* | |
| stone | p3t3r* | |
| tree | rukh* | |
| leaf | p3t3* | |
| night | rath* | |
| dog | kut3* | |
| fish | m3Chi* | |
| one | ekh* | |
| two | do* | |
| I | mai* | |
| you | t3m* | |
| we | h3m* | |
| drink | pi* | |
| see | dhEkh* | |
| hear | sun* | |
| die | m3r* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Rana TharuIndo-European63% alike
- UrduIndo-European61% alike
- MewatiIndo-European59% alike
- Southern HindkoIndo-European57% alike
- KanaujiIndo-European56% alike
- Northern HindkoIndo-European54% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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