Bhadarwahi language
| Bhaderwahi | |
|---|---|
| भद्रवाही بھدرواہی | |
| Native to | Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh |
| Region | Bhaderwah, District Doda Bhalessa, |
| Ethnicity | Bhaderwahis |
Native speakers | (160,000 cited 1991 census – 2002)[1] |
Indo-European
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| Dialects |
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| Devnagari, Arabic script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:bhd – Bhadrawahicdj – Churahi |
| Glottolog | bhad1243 |
| ELP | Bhadrawahi |
Bhaderwahi[2] (or Bhadarwahi) is a native language of the people of Bhaderwah, a tehsil in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Bhaderwahi is a Western Pahari language spoken by about 50,000 people in Bhaderwah town and surrounding villages (Bhadrawahi/Bhadarwahi, Bhalesi, Padari/Padri, and Khashali/Khasali dialects), and by about 110,000 people in Chaurah and Saluni tehsils in Himachal Pradesh. It has many alternate names like Baderwali, Bhadri, Badrohi,Bhadlai Bhaderwah is about 230 kilometers from (Jammu) Summer Capital of J&k state.
Classification
The Bhaderwah group includes three dialects, viz. Bhaderwahi, Bhalessi and Padari, which form a dialect chain with Churahi.
See also
References
- ^ Bhadrawahi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Churahi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2018/hafsabhaderwahiphology1.pdf
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