Gaddi language

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Gaddi language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Gaddi people in the Indian Himalayan region, especially in Himachal Pradesh.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gaddi language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
natural language
alternateName Gaddi
Gaddi Dogri
Gaddi Pahari
linked to: Pahari

Gaddiyali
branch Northern Indo-Aryan languages
closelyRelatedTo Bhattiyali language
Chambeali language
Dogri language
linked to: Dogri

Kangri language
country India
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Gaddi
family Indo-European languages
hasDialects various local varieties in Chamba and Kangra
influencedBy Hindi
Punjabi
linked to: Punjabi language

Sanskrit
ISO639-3 gbk
languageFamily Indo-Aryan
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
linguisticArea South Asian linguistic area
morphology inflectional
phonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration in stops
primaryRegion Himachal Pradesh
region Indian Himalayas
linked to: Himalayas

Western Himalayas
linked to: western Himalayas
script Devanagari script
Perso-Arabic script
Takri script
spokenBy Gaddi people
spokenIn Chamba district
Dharamshala region
linked to: Dharamshala

Himachal Pradesh
India
Kangra district
Mandi district
status minority language
regional language
subfamily Indo-Aryan languages
subgroup Western Pahari languages
typology SOV word order
usedFor daily communication among Gaddi people
folk songs
oral tradition
storytelling
writingSystem Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script

Takri
linked to: Takri script

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Takri script usedForLanguage Gaddi language