Gangari dialect

{{Short description|Garhwali dialect of Uttarakhand, India}}

{{About|the dialect|the social group|Gangari Brahmin}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Gangari/Gangadi

| nativename = गंगाड़ी

| states = India

| region = Uttarakhand

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Indo-Aryan

| fam4 = Northern

| fam5 = Central Pahari

| fam6 = Garhwali

| pushpin_map = India

| pushpin_map_caption = Approximate location of the Gangadi speaking area in India

| pushpin_map_alt = Gangari is spoken in Uttarakhand, in the north of India

| coordinates = {{coord|30.7288|N|78.4394|E|display=inline}}

| iso3 =

| glotto = gang1264

| glottorefname = Gangadi

| image =

}}

Gangari, or Gangadi, ({{lang|gbm|गंगाड़ी}} {{Transliteration|gbm|ISO|gaṅgāṛī}}), is a dialect of Garhwali{{cite web|title= Gangari dialect of Garhwali |url=https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/5632|publisher=endangeredlanguages.com}}{{cite web|title= Garhwali: Gangari language |url=https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/20030|publisher=globalrecordings.net}} spoken primarily in the district of Uttarkashi in the state of Uttarakhand, northern India.

There are three genders (masculine, feminine and neuter) and two numbers (singular and plural). The respective endings for nouns are:{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

  • masculine singular: -o
  • masculine plural: -a
  • feminine singular: -e
  • feminine plural: -ae
  • neuter singular: -a
  • neuter plural: -a:

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