Gaddi language

Gaddi
Gaddi
𑚌𑚛𑚯, गदी Gaddi; 𑚌𑚛𑚊𑚯, गदकी Gaddki; 𑚌𑚛𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯, गदियाली Gaddiyali; 𑚡𑚤𑚢𑚵𑚪𑚯, भरमौड़ी Bharmauri
	Gaddi, Gaddki, Gaddiyali and Bharmauri written in Takri Script
Native to	Himachal Pradesh
Region	Bharmaur
Ethnicity	Gaddis
Native speakers	181,000 (2011)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western Western Pahari Gaddi; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Takri, Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gbk
Glottolog	gadd1242

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Gaddi (also called Gaddki, Gaddiyali or Bharmauri; Takri: 𑚌𑚛𑚯, 𑚌𑚛𑚊𑚯, 𑚌𑚛𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯, 𑚡𑚤𑚢𑚵𑚪𑚯) is an Indo-Aryan language of India. Is is spoken by the Gaddi people primarily in Bharmour Tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh. It is also spoken in neighbouring parts of Jammu, with Gaddi villages found in Udhampur, Kathua and Doda districts.^[1]

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The language has traditionally been written using the Takri script.^[2]

Dialects[edit]

There are four dialects of the language:^[3]

The first one is spoken in the entire Bharmaur, Chhatrari and Bhatyat Tehsils of Chamba and Gaddi speaking regions of Kangra district.
The second one is spoken in consists of Piyuhar, Belaj, Guun, Bakani, the upper part of Mehla and Kaded, etc.
The third one is spoken in the region of Basu and other adjoining area.
The fourth on is spoken in Lilh and Paho.

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Status[edit]

The language is commonly called Pahari or Himachali. Some speaker may even call it a dialect of Dogri. The language has no official status. According to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the language is of definitely endangered category, i.e. many Gaddi children are not learning Gaddi as their mother tongue any longer.^[4]

The demand for the inclusion of 'Pahari (Himachali)' under the Eight Schedule of the Constitution, which is supposed to represent multiple Pahari languages of Himachal Pradesh, had been made in the year 2010 by the state's Vidhan Sabha.^[5] There has been no positive progress on this matter since then even when small organisations are taking upto themselves to save the language and demanding it.^[6]

References[edit]

↑ Kaul, Pritam Krishen (2006). Pahāṛi and Other Tribal Dialects of Jammu. Vol. 1. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. p. 137. ISBN 8178541017.
↑ "Takri for Gaddi" (PDF).
↑ PLSI The languages of Himachal Pradesh. Orient Blackswan. p. 104.
↑ "Endangered languages".
↑ "Pahari Inclusion". Zee News.
↑ "Pahari Inclusion". The Statesman.

External links[edit]

Gaddi grammar sketches

[1] Kaul, Pritam Krishen (2006). Pahāṛi and Other Tribal Dialects of Jammu. Vol. 1. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. p. 137. ISBN 8178541017.

[2] "Takri for Gaddi" (PDF).

[3] PLSI The languages of Himachal Pradesh. Orient Blackswan. p. 104.

[4] "Endangered languages".

[5] "Pahari Inclusion". Zee News.

[6] "Pahari Inclusion". The Statesman.

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