Gaddi

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Gaddi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Gaddi people in the Himalayan regions of northern India, especially in Himachal Pradesh.

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Gaddi canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
natural language
alternativeName Gaddi Bhāṣā
Gaddi Pahari
linked to: Kangri Pahari

Gaddiyali
associatedRegion Western Himalayas
linked to: western Himalayas
associatedReligion Hinduism
branch Indo-Aryan languages
closelyRelatedTo Bhattiyali
Churahi
country India
countrySubdivision North India
linked to: northern India
ethnicAssociation Gaddi people
family Indo-European languages
geographicDistribution Bharmaur region, Himachal Pradesh
Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh
linked to: Chamba district

Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh
linked to: Kangra district
glottocode gadd1242
hasDialect Bharmauri Gaddi
Chamba Gaddi
linked to: Chamba
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order
postpositions
hasPhonologicalFeature aspirated stops
retroflex consonants
iso639-3Code gbk
languageFamily Indo-Aryan
languageShiftTowards Hindi
languageStatus minority language
vulnerable language
linguisticArea Western Pahari zone
linked to: Western Pahari
neighboringLanguage Dogri
Kangri
Pahari languages
primaryState Himachal Pradesh
primaryUsage oral communication
region Himalayan region of northern India
scriptUsed Devanagari script
spokenBy Gaddi people
subfamily Indo-Iranian languages
usedAlongside Hindi
Pahari varieties
usedIn community interactions
domestic domains
folklore
traditional songs
writingSystemStatus partially standardized

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