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| name = Johari<br />
| nativename = {{lang|kfy|जोहारी}}<br />
| pronunciation = {{IPA|kfy|d͡ʒoːɦɑːɾiː||OpenSpeaks-kfy-Johari-Surendra Singh Pangtey Johari-bhasha.wav}}<small>Johari</small><br />
| region = [[Johar Valley|Johar]] and [[Darma Valley|Darma]] valleys, ([[India]])<ref name="m030">{{cite book | last=Śarmā | first=Devīdatta | title=Tibeto-Himalayan Languages of Uttarkhand | publisher=Mittal Publications | date=1989 | isbn=978-81-7099-171-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nFEHAQAAIAAJ&q=johar+johari+dialect | access-date=2025-08-17 | page=}}</ref><br />
| states = [[India]]<br />
| ethnicity = [[Shaukas|Shauka people]]<br />
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| familycolor = Indo-European<br />
| fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]<br />
| fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]<br />
| fam4 = [[Northern Indo-Aryan languages|Northern]]<br />
| fam5 = [[Central Pahari languages|Central Pahari]]<br />
| fam6 = [[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]]<br />
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| image = File:OpenSpeaks-Kfy-Johari-Johari-Surendra Singh Pangtey-Torn Shoes (Joke).webm<br />
| imagecaption = [[Surendra Singh Pangtey]] narrating a joke in Johari<br />
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'''Johari''' ({{IPA|kfy|d͡ʒoːɦɑːɾiː||OpenSpeaks-kfy-Johari-Surendra Singh Pangtey Johari-bhasha.wav}}) is language variety spoken by the [[Shaukas|Shauka people]] of India, primarily in the [[Johar Valley|Johar]] and [[Darma Valley|Darma]] valley of the state of [[Uttarakhand]]. It is generally classified as a dialect of the [[Kumaoni language]], and is also argued to be a distinct language.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kumauni Variation |url=http://lisindia.ciil.org/Kumauni/kuma_vari.html |website=lisindia.ciil.org |access-date=14 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kumaoni Language - History, Roots, Issues, Facts |url=https://www.chardhamtour.in/blog/kumaoni-language/ |website=Chardham Tour Blog |access-date=14 August 2025 |date=6 April 2019}}</ref> Sharma (1990) describe [[Rangas language|Rangas]], its predecessor, to be extinct since 1955.<ref>{{cite web |title=The ASJP Database - Wordlist Johari |url=https://asjp.clld.org/languages/JOHARI |website=asjp.clld.org |access-date=14 August 2025}}</ref> [[George Abraham Grierson|Grierson]] (1916) included Johari as a Kumaoni dialect, calling it "corrupt Kumauni" with an estimated 7,419 speakers having another native language, Rangkas.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grierson |first1=George Abraham |title=Specimens Of The Pahari Languages And Gujuri |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.228373 |access-date=14 August 2025 |date=1916}}</ref><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{cite book |author=Sharma, D. D. | date= 1990 | title=Tibeto-Himalayan languages of Uttarakhand. 2 | publisher=Mittal | series=Studies in Tibeto-Himalayan languages | edition=1st | isbn=978-81-7099-171-7}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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