Gaddi language
{{Short description|Indo-Aryan language spoken in India}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Gaddi
| nativename = ๐๐๐ฏ, เคเคฆเฅ Gaddi
๐๐๐๐ฏ, เคเคฆเคเฅ Gaddki
๐๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ, เคเคฆเคฟเคฏเคพเคฒเฅ Gaddiyali
๐ก๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ, เคญเคฐเคฎเฅเคกเคผเฅ Bharmauri
| states = Himachal Pradesh
| ethnicity = Gaddis
| region = Bharmaur
| speakers = {{sigfig|181069|3}}
| date = 2011
| ref = e25
| familycolor = Indo-European
| fam3 = Indo-Aryan
| fam2 = Indo-Iranian
| fam4 = Northern
| fam5 = Western Pahari
| iso3 = gbk
| glotto = gadd1242
| glottorefname = Gaddi
| image = Gaddi.png
| imagecaption = The word "Gaddi" written in Takri script
| script = Takri, Devanagari
}}
Gaddi (also called Gaddki, Gaddiyali or Bharmauri; Takri: {{Lang|gbk|๐๐๐ฏ, ๐๐๐๐ฏ, ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ, ๐ก๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ}}) is an Indo-Aryan language of India. It is spoken by the Gaddi people primarily residing in the Bharmour region of Chamba district and the upper reaches of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh. It is also spoken in neighbouring parts of Jammu, with Gaddi villages found in Udhampur, Kathua and Doda districts.{{cite book| last = Kaul| first = Pritam Krishen| year = 2006| title = Pahฤแนi and Other Tribal Dialects of Jammu| volume = 1| place = Delhi| publisher = Eastern Book Linkers| isbn = 8178541017 | p = 137}}{{Contains special characters|Indic}}The language has traditionally been written using the Takri script.{{Cite web|title=Takri for Gaddi|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09111-takri.pdf}}
Dialects
There are four dialects of the language:{{Cite book|title=PLSI The languages of Himachal Pradesh|publisher=Orient Blackswan|pages=104}}
- 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 one is spoken in Lilh and Paho.
{{wiktionary category 2|Gaddi language}}
Status
The language is commonly called Pahari or Himachali. Some speakers 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 definitely endangered category, i.e. many Gaddi chilanother adjoining areag Gaddi as their mother tongue any longer.{{Cite web|title=Endangered languages|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/apr/15/language-extinct-endangered}}
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.{{Cite news|title=Pahari Inclusion|work=Zee News|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/himachal-pradesh/hp-for-inclusion-of-pahari-language-in-eighth-schedule_615857.html}} There has been no positive progress on this matter since then even when small organisations are striving to save the language.{{Cite news|title=Pahari Inclusion|work=The Statesman|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/demand-for-pahari-as-language-in-8th-schedule-of-constitution-1479046804.html}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.flingjnu.com/gaddigrammar Gaddi grammar sketches] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129025329/https://www.flingjnu.com/gaddigrammar |date=2023-01-29 }}
{{Indo-Aryan languages}}
{{Languages of Jammu and Kashmir}}
Category:Northern Indo-Aryan languages
Category:Languages of Himachal Pradesh
Category:Languages of Jammu and Kashmir
Category:Languages written in Devanagari
Category:Languages listed as Hindi dialects in latest census