Jaunsari language

{{Short description|Western Pahari language spoken in India}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Jaunsari

| states = India

| region = Uttarakhand

| ethnicity = Jaunsari

| speakers = 136,779

| date = 2011

| ref = {{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07}}

| speakers2 =

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Indo-Aryan

| fam4 = Northern

| fam5 = Western Pahari

| script = Sirmauri script(Historical){{cite book |last=Grierson |first=George Abraham |author-link=George Abraham Grierson|date= |title=Linguistic Survey Of India, Volume 9.4 |url= |location= |publisher= |pages=383–84 |isbn=}}
Devanagari

| iso3 = jns

| glotto = jaun1243

| glottorefname = Jaunsari

| image = Jaunsarisirmauriscript.png

| imagecaption = Jaunsari Script

}}

{{wiktionary category 2|Jaunsari language}}

Jaunsari ({{Deva|जौनसारी}}) is a Western Pahari language of northern India spoken by the Jaunsari people in the Kalsi, Chakrata and Tyuni sub-districts of Dehradun district in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand state.

File:Jaunsar-Bawar Region.png

The dialects of Jaunsari share about 60% of their basic vocabulary with each of the neighbouring varieties of Bangani, Jaunpuri, Nagpuriya and Sirmauri.{{Cite web| last = Matthews| first = John| date = 2008| title = Jaunsari: a sociolinguistic survey| series = SIL Electronic Survey Reports| url = https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/9074|pages=12–13}} The results are based on comparisons of a 210-item wordlist. The average figures are between 58% and 61%, but there is significant variation between the various Jaunsari dialects.