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Jaunsari language
| Jaunsari | |
|---|---|
 Jaunsari Script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Uttarakhand |
| Ethnicity | Jaunsari |
Native speakers | 136,779 (2011)[1] |
| Sirmauri script(Historical)[2] Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jns |
| Glottolog | jaun1243 |
| ELP | Jaunsari |
Wiktionary has a category on Jaunsari language.
Jaunsari (Devanagari: 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.
The dialects of Jaunsari share about 60% of their basic vocabulary with each of the neighbouring varieties of Bangani, Jaunpuri, Nagpuriya and Sirmauri.[3]
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ Grierson, George Abraham. Linguistic Survey Of India, Volume 9.4. pp. 383–84.
- ^ Matthews, John (2008). "Jaunsari: a sociolinguistic survey". SIL Electronic Survey Reports. pp. 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.
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