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{{Short description|Garhwali dialect of Uttarakhand, India}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Nagpuri
| nativename = नागपुरी nāgapurī<br /> नागपुरिया nāgapuriyā
| states = [[India]]
| region = [[Uttarakhand]]
| familycolor = Indo-European
| fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
| fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
| fam4 = [[Northern Indo-Aryan languages|Northern]]
| fam5 = [[Central Pahari]]
| pushpin_map = Uttarakhand #India
| pushpin_map_caption = Nagpuria-speaking area
| pushpin_map_alt = Nagpuria is spoken in Uttarakhand, in the north of India
| coordinates = {{coord|30.2844|N|78.9811|E|display=inline}}
| iso3 =
| glotto = nagp1247
| glottorefname = Nagpuriya
| image = Nagpuria.png
| fam6 = [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]]
}}

[[File:Saradi speaking Nagpuriya.webm|thumb|Saradi speaking in '''Nagpuri''']]

'''Nagpuri''' (or ''Nagpuriya'') is spoken in the [[Rudraprayag district|Rudraprayag]] district of [[Uttarakhand]] state. Currently it has been classified as a dialect under [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Linguistic Survey Of India Vol.9 Part.4|year=1916|pages=334}}</ref> belonging to the [[Central Pahari]] group (as per Grierson). It is practically the same as Dasaulya and Majh-Kumaiy.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Linguistic Survey Of India Vol.9 Part.4|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32110|date=1916|first=George Abraham|last=Grierson}}</ref>

==Lexical similarity with neighbors==

{| class="wikitable"
|+Lexical similarity <ref>{{Cite book|title=Jaunsari: A Sociolinguistic Survey|publisher=SIL International|year=2008|pages=13}}</ref>
!
!% lexical similarity
|-
|[[Bangani]]
|59%
|-
|[[Jaunpuri dialect (Garhwal)|Jaunpuri]]
|61%
|-
|[[Sirmauri language|Sirmauri]]
|58%
|-
|[[Jaunsari language|Jaunsari]]
|60%
|}

== Grammar ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Pronouns<ref name=":0" />
!Pronoun
!Devanagari
!IPA
|-
|I
|मैँ
|məɪ̃
|-
|thou
|तुम
|t̪umə
|-
|you
|तू
|t̪uː
|-
|us
|हम
|ɦəmə

|-
|he
|सु/ओ
|s̪u

|-
|she
|स्या
|s̪jɑː
|-
|they
|सि
|s̪ɪ
|-
|them
|तौं
|t̪əũ
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Cases
!Case
!Hindi
!Translation
|-
|न
|ने
|by
|-
|ते
|को
|to
|-
|मुके
|से(द्वारा)
|using
|-
|ते
|के लिए
|for
|-
|बटिन
|से
|from(as in
from A to B)
|-
|कु
|का,की,के
|of
|-
|मा
|में
|in
|-
|मु
|पर
|on
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Prepositions<ref name=":0" />
!Preposition
!IPA
!Translation
|-
|मधे
|
|middle/among
|-
|तख
|
|there
|-
|वख
|
|there(closer)
|-
|माँ
|
|in
|}

==Script & specimen==
[[File:Nagpuria specimen.jpg|center|thumb|434x434px|A specimen in '''Nagpuri''' from Grierson's LSI.]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Uttarakhand}}

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[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]
[[Category:Languages of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Dialects of Garhwali]]

Nagpuri dialect (Garhwal) - Revision history

LashawnLxs at 07:01, 7 May 2026