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{{Short description|Garhwali dialect of Uttarakhand, India}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Srinagaria
| nativename = श्रीनगरिया srinagariya
| 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]]
| fam6 = [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]]
| pushpin_map = Uttarakhand #India
| pushpin_map_caption = Srinagaria speaking area
| pushpin_map_alt = Srinagaria is spoken in Uttarakhand, in the north of India
| coordinates = {{coord|30.2195|N|78.7918|E|display=inline}}
| iso3 =
| glotto = srin1238
| glottorefname = Srinagaria
| image =
Srinagaria.png
}}

'''Srinagaria''' (or ''Srinagariya'') is a dialect of [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Linguistic Survey Of India Vol.9 Part.4|year=1916|pages=318}}</ref> belonging to the [[Central Pahari]] group (per Grierson). It is primarily spoken in the region around [[Srinagar, Uttarakhand|Srinagar, Garhwal]] in the [[Pauri Garhwal district|Pauri Garhwal]] district of [[Uttarakhand]] state and is regarded as the '''Standard''' form of [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Linguistic Survey of India |year=1916 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32110/page/n317/mode/2up}}</ref>

== Script & specimen ==
[[File:Srinagaria.jpg|thumb|Sample of Srinagaria dialect from Grierson's book "Linguistic Survey of india" |center]]
[[File:Srinagaria 2.jpg|thumb|Sample of Srinagaria dialect from Grierson's book "Linguistic Survey of india" |center]]

== Comparative analysis ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Words
!Srinagaria
![[Rathwali dialect|Rathwali]]
!Translation
|-
|Bal
|Latula
|Hair
|-
|Baba ku
|Babu Khuni
|to a father/from a father
|-
|Lokhar
|Luho
|Iron
|-
|Nauno/Nauni
|Laudo/Laudi
|Boy/Girl
|-
|Hondo
|Honnu
|Being
|-
|Janaani
|Siani
|Woman
|-
|Ghar
|Kudo
|House
|-
|Khado ho
|Thado ho
|Stand up
|-
|Door
|Tada
|Far
|-
|Agadi/Pichhadi
|Aghin/Pachhin
|After/Before
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Family and person terms<ref>Grierson, George Abraham (1916). ''Linguistic Survey of India'', Vol. IX, Part IV: Central Pahari. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India.</ref>
! English !! Standard !! [[Rathwali dialect|Rathwali]]!! [[Tehriyali dialect|Tehriyali]]
|-
| Man ||Mankhi ||Manakha || Mans, Manakhi, Manas
|-
| Woman || Janani || Siani || Janani, bairan, kajan
|-
| Wife || Swain, janani || Sain, swin || Swain
|-
| Child || Nauno || Lauro || Nauno
|-
| Son || Nauno || Lauro || Larik, naunō
|-
| Daughter || Nauni || Lauri || Beṭi, nauni
|-
| Father || Baba || Baba, buba || Baba, buba
|-
| Mother || Boi || Boi || Boi, ija
|-
| Brother || Bhai, dada (elder), bhula (younger) || Bhai || Bhai (general), dada (elder), bhula (younger)
|-
| Sister || Bain, didi (elder), bhuli (younger) || Bain || Baini, bain (general), didi (elder), bhuli (younger)
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Phrases
!Srinagaria
![[Rathwali dialect|Rathwali]]
![[Tehriyali dialect|Tehriyali]]
!Translation
|-
|Mai marda
|Mai mannu
|Mardu
|I beat
|-
|Tu mardi
|Tu marni
|Mardi
|Thou beatest
|-
|Wo mard
|Wo marn
|Marda
|He beats
|-
|Ham maarda
|Ham maarnu
|Marda
|We beat
|-
|Tum marda
|Tum maarni
|Mardai
|You beat
|-
|Wo mardin
|Wo maani
|Mardana
|They beat
|-
|Main maare
|Mi la maara
|Mai-na mare
|I beat(past)
|-
|Tin maare
|Ti la maara
|Ti-na mare
|Thou beatest
(past)
|-
|Wain maare
|Wa la maara
|Wai-na mare
|He beat(past)
|-
|Haman maare
|Hamu la maara
|Ham-na mare
|He beat (past)
|-)
|-
|Haman maare
|Hamu la maara
|Ham-na mare
|We beat (past)
|-
|Tuman maare
|Tumu la maara
|Tum-na mare
|You beat(past)
|-
|Un maare
|Wunoon la maare
|U-na mare
|They beat(past)
|-
|Mai maarnu chhaun
|Mi manu chhaun
|Mai mardu chhau
|I am beating
|-
|Mai marnu chhayo
|Mi maarno chhoyo
|Mai mardo thayo
|I was beating
|-
|Main maaryun chhayo
|Mai la maaryala
|Mai-na mare
|I had beaten
|-
|Main maaroon
|Mi maaroon
|Mai marau
|I may beat
|-
|Main maarulo
|Mi marulo
|Mai marlo
|I shall beat
|-
|Tu marilo
|Tu maril
|Tu maralyo, marilo
|Thou wilt beat
|-
|Wo marlo
|Wo marul
|Wo marlo
|He will beat
|-
|Ham maarla
|Ham maala
|Ham marla
|We shall beat
|-
|Tum marilya
|Tum malya
|Tum maralya, marla
|You will beat
|-
|Wo maarla
|Wo maala
|Wo marilya, marla
|They will beat
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Languages of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Dialects of Garhwali]]

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AMARENDRA NATH ROY at 16:26, 6 May 2026