Jaunsari

Jaunsari is an Indo-European language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Jaunsari · 30.6°N 77.9°E

Jaunsari (Devanagari: जौनसारी, ) is a Western Pahari language of northern India spoken by the Jaunsari people in the Kalsi, Chakrata and Tyuni sub-districts of Dehradun district in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand state. It is closely related to Sirmauri and Mahasu Pahari.

The dialects of Jaunsari share about 60% of their basic vocabulary with each of the neighbouring varieties of Bangani, Jaunpuri, Nagpuriya and Sirmauri.

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Words in Jaunsari

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	manuS*
name	kare*
eye	akh*
ear	kan*
nose	nak*
tongue	jib*
hand	hat*
blood	loh*
bone	hadwe*
fire	ag*
stone	patthar*
tree	dar*
leaf	pat*
night	rat*
fish	maCa*
one	ek*
two	dwi*
I	awn*
you	tu*
we	am*
drink	pi*
come	a*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Nearby languages

Mahasu Pahari Garhwali Hinduri Sirmauri Kinnauri Chhitkul-Rakchham Jangshung Jad Shumcho Mandeali

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