Jaunsari language
Jaunsari | |
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जौनसारी | |
Native to | India |
Region | Uttarakhand |
Ethnicity | Jaunsari |
Native speakers | 136,779 (2011)[1] Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi.[2] |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | jns |
Glottolog | jaun1243 |
ELP | Jaunsari |
Jaunsari is a Western Pahari language of northern India spoken by the Jaunsari people in the Chakrata and Kalsi blocks of Dehradun district in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand state. Jaunsari is included in the Definitely Endangered category on UNESCO's Red Book of Endangered Languages,[3] but is reported as "vigorous" in Ethnologue.
References
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
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- ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger". new edition of the Atlas of endangered languages. UNESCO.