Garhwali

Also known as Garhwali language

central Pahari language belonging to the northern zone of Indo-Aryan languages

Key facts

Native to: Uttarakhand
Region: Garhwal
Ethnicity: Garhwali
Native speakers: 2.4 million (2011 census)
Language family: Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northern Central Pahari Garhwali
Early form: Khas Prakrit
Writing system: Devanagari
Iso 639 3: gbm
Glottolog: garh1243
Elp: Garhwali

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number of speakers, writers, or signers: 3000000
entry in abbreviations table: Garh.
native label: गढ़वळि
Commons category: Garhwali language

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Garhwali (गढ़वळि, IPA: [gɜɽʱʋɜɭiˑ], in native pronunciation) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Central Pahari subgroup. It is primarily spoken by over 2.4 million Garhwali people in the Garhwal division of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand in the Indian Himalayas.

Garhwali has a number of regional dialects. It is not an endangered language (Ethnologue lists it as "vigorous"), it is nonetheless designated as "vulnerable" in UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, which indicates that the language requires consistent conservation efforts.