Jaunpuri dialect (Garhwal)
| Jaunpuri | |
|---|---|
 jaunapurī written in Sirmauri-Jaunsari Takri (above) & Takri Scripts. | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Uttarakhand |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | jaun1244 |
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Jaunpuri (जौनपुरी) is a Northern Indo-Aryan dialect spoken in parts of the Garhwal region in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Its speakers are found in the Jaunpur development block in the east of Tehri Garhwal district. Although a separate identity for Jaunpuri has been claimed,[1] it is most commonly considered to be a dialect of Garhwali.[2]
Lexical similarity with neighbors
[edit]| % lexical similarity | |
|---|---|
| Bangani | 56% |
| Jaunsari | 61% |
| Sirmauri | 55% |
| Nagpuri | 74% |
References
[edit]- ^ Pundir, Surender (2015). "Jaunpuri". In Devy, Ganesh; Bhatt, Uma; Pathak, Shekhar (eds.). The Languages of Uttarakhand. People's Linguistic Survey of India. Vol. 30. Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan. pp. 216–34. ISBN 9788125056263.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Jaunpuri". Glottolog 4.3.
- ^ Matthews, John (2008). "Jaunsari: a sociolinguistic survey". SIL Electronic Survey Reports. pp. 12–13.