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Western Pahari language of northern India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pahari Kinnauri, or Kinnauri Pahari (Takri: 𑚊𑚮𑚝𑚵𑚤𑚯 𑚞𑚩𑚭𑚪𑚯), also known as Oras Boli (Takri: 𑚈𑚤𑚭𑚨 𑚠𑚴𑚥𑚯), is a dialect of Himachali language of northern India. It is spoken by different tribal groups in Kinnaur District, Himachal Pradesh; the language used to be commonly known as 'Kinnauri Tribal language', but this is now considered a derogatory term. It is not clear how distinct it is from other varieties of Himachali.
| Pahari Kinnauri | |
|---|---|
| Indo Aryan Kinnauri | |
| पहाड़ी किनौरी ओरास बोली Oras Boli | |
Kinnauri Pahari and Oras Boli written in Takri Script. | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | Tribal of Kinnaur district |
Native speakers | (6,300 cited 1998 survey)[1] |
Indo-European
| |
| Takri, Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kjo |
| Glottolog | hari1246 |
The native script of the language is a variety of Takri script.
The language is also commonly called Pahari or Himachali. The language has no official status and is recorded under Kinnauri or Pahari.[2] According to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the language is of definitely endangered category, i.e. many Kinnauri Pahari children are not learning Kinnauri Pahari as their mother tongue any longer. One of the reason is he favoritism towards Hindi by the Indian Government.
A 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, was made in the year 2010 by the state's Vidhan Sabha.[3] There has been no positive progress on this matter since then, despite small organisations making efforts to save the language.[4] Due to political interest, the language is currently recorded as a dialect of Hindi, even when having a poor mutual intelligibility with it. As of now, there is no proposal to grant any status to Kinnauri.
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