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Nagpuri
नागपुरी nāgapurī
नागपुरिया nāgapuriyā
Native toIndia
RegionUttarakhand
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottolognagp1247
Nagpuria is spoken in Uttarakhand, in the north of India
Nagpuria is spoken in Uttarakhand, in the north of India
Nagpuri
Nagpuria-speaking area
Nagpuria is spoken in Uttarakhand, in the north of India
Nagpuria is spoken in Uttarakhand, in the north of India
Nagpuri
Nagpuri (India)
Coordinates: 30°17′04″N 78°58′52″E / 30.2844°N 78.9811°E / 30.2844; 78.9811
Saradi speaking in Nagpuri

Nagpuri (or Nagpuriya) is spoken in the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand state. Currently it has been classified as a dialect under Garhwali,[1] belonging to the Central Pahari group (as per Grierson). It is practically the same as Dasaulya and Majh-Kumaiy.[2]

Lexical similarity with neighbors

Lexical similarity [3]
% lexical similarity
Bangani 59%
Jaunpuri 61%
Sirmauri 58%
Jaunsari 60%

Grammar

Pronouns[1]
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
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
Prepositions[1]
Preposition IPA Translation
मधे middle/among
तख there
वख there(closer)
माँ in

Script & specimen

A specimen in Nagpuri from Grierson's LSI.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Linguistic Survey Of India Vol.9 Part.4. 1916. p. 334.
  2. ↑ Grierson, George Abraham (1916). Linguistic Survey Of India Vol.9 Part.4.
  3. ↑ Jaunsari: A Sociolinguistic Survey. SIL International. 2008. p. 13.