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{{ Infobox language<br />
| name = Padari<br />
| nativename = {{lang|bhd|पाडरी}}<br />
| states = [[India]]<br />
|region = [[Padar (Jammu and Kashmir)|Padar]]<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|33.26|76.16}}<br />
|pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India<br />
|speakers = 10,000<br />
|date = 1981<br />
|ref= {{sfn|Kaul|2006a|p=64}}<br />
|ethnicity=<br />
|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= [[Western Pahari]]<br />
|iso3 = <br />
|isoexception=dialect<br />
|glotto = pada1256<br />
|glottorefname=Padari<br />
}}<br />
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'''Padderi''' or '''Padari''' ({{lang|bhd|पाडरी}} {{lang|bhd-Latn|pāḍrī}}) is a language spoken in the [[Padar (Jammu and Kashmir)|Padar valley]] in [[Kishtwar district]] in the Indian union territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It is classified as a member of the [[Western Pahari]] branch of the [[Indo-Aryan languages]].{{sfn|Kaul|2006a|pp=63, 85}} It is very similar to the [[Pangwali]] language of [[Pangi Valley|Pangi]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Bhadarwahi language|Bhaderwahi]] language.<br />
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The Padar valley is about 80 km long, the terrain is rugged and mountainous, and the population is found mainly in scattered hamlets, with the main village being [[Atholi, Kishtwar|Atholi]].{{sfn|Kaul|2006a|p=63}} The number of speakers, as of the 1981 census, stood at {{sigfig|10039|2}}.{{sfn|Kaul|2006a|p=64}}<br />
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Padri shares a large proportion of its vocabulary with other Western Pahari varieties (like Bhadarwahi and [[Sarazi|Siraji]]).{{sfn|Kaul|2006a|p=67}} There are two [[Grammatical gender|genders]]: masculine and feminine (there is no neuter). Nouns change for [[Grammatical case|case]], but not normally for number. However, some nouns do have plurals, which are formed using a variety of strategies:{{sfn|Kaul|2006a|pp=67–69}}<br />
*{{lang|bhd|koā -> koi|italic=yes}} 'boys'<br />
*{{lang|bhd|panna -> pannë|italic=yes}} 'leaves'<br />
*{{lang|bhd|zebbh -> zibb|italic=yes}} 'tongues'<br />
*{{lang|bhd|koi -> kui|italic=yes}} 'girls'<br />
*{{lang|bhd|thaṛo -> thenë|italic=yes}} 'walnuts'<br />
*gobur -> children<br />
*Dand-> teeth<br />
*khar -> above<br />
*Bwun -> down<br />
*Pulley/Pulhor -> traditional grass shoes<br />
*Lar -> roof<br />
Family/Relations :-<br />
*Baji/Baab - Father<br />
*Eej - Mother<br />
*Baay - brother <br />
*Bhaju- younger brother <br />
*Bhaapa- elder brother<br />
*Bheny/Byon - Sister <br />
*Math-Baab - Paternal uncle<br />
*Bad-baad - elder paternal uncle<br />
*Poph/Bui - paternal aunt <br />
*Maam - maternal uncle <br />
*Moss/Masy - maternal aunt<br />
*Dowd - Grandfather <br />
*Daed - Grandmother<br />
*Showhr- Father in law<br />
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== Phonology ==<br />
P.K. Koul mentions several series of "complex sounds". One such series consists of a consonant + ''y'' (for example {{lang|bhd|khyaḍaṇ|italic=yes}} 'to play', {{lang|bhd|syavā|italic=yes}} 'apple'), and another one involves a consonant + ''v'' (as in {{lang|bhd|kvatar|italic=yes}} 'dog', {{lang|bhd|lvanaṇ|italic=yes}} 'to sort'), but it is unclear whether these are [[co-articulated consonant]]s (involving [[palatalised consonant|palatalisation]] and [[labialisation]] respectively) or merely sequences of two separate consonants. Another set of distinctive sounds (shared with neighbouring Bhadarwahi dialects, where they are even more widespread) involve a combination of a [[retroflex stop]] + the lateral ''l'': ''ṭ͡lai'' 'three', ''niḍ͡l'' 'sleep', ''ḍ͡lau'' 'village'. These often correspond to clusters of a consonant + ''r'' in the ancestor language (compare the Sanskrit equivalents of the above three words: ''trīṇi-'', ''nidrā-'' and ''grāma-'').<ref>{{harvnb|Kaul|2006a|pp=66–67}}; {{harvnb|Kaul|2006b|pp=12–13}}.</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
*{{cite book| last = Kaul| first = Pritam Krishen| year = 2006a| title = Pahāṛi and Other Tribal Dialects of Jammu| volume = 1| place = Delhi| publisher = Eastern Book Linkers| isbn = 8178541017 }}<br />
*{{cite book| last = Kaul| first = Pritam Krishen| year = 2006b| title = Pahāṛi and Other Tribal Dialects of Jammu| volume = 2| place = Delhi| publisher = Eastern Book Linkers| chapter = Pāḍrī| pages = 1–33| isbn = 8178541025| language = Hindi }} Originally published in ''Chandrabhāg Ṭaṭ kī Parvatīya Boliyāṃ'' [1977].<br />
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[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]<br />
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