Bhaderwahi

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Bhaderwahi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Bhaderwah region of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

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Bhaderwahi canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
natural language
belongsTo Pahari languages
closelyRelatedTo Kishtwari
Other Western Pahari varieties
Siraji (Jammu and Kashmir)
coexistsWith Hindi
Kashmiri
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
country India
endangeredStatus vulnerable
geographicDistribution hilly areas around Bhaderwah town
hasAlternativeName Bhadarwahi
Bhaderbhai
Bhadervahi
linked to: Bhadrawahi

Bhadrawahi
hasDialect Bhadarwahi proper
Bhalesi
Padri
hasGlottocode bhad1241
hasISO6393Code bhw
hasLinguisticFeature SOV word order
ergative alignment in past transitive clauses
rich case system
two-way gender distinction
hasScriptStatus no single standardized script
languageBranch Northern Indo-Aryan
languageFamily Indo-European
languageGroup Western Pahari
languageSubfamily Indo-Aryan
minorityLanguageIn Jammu and Kashmir
primaryDomainOfUse home
informal communication
local markets
recognizedAs distinct language in some linguistic surveys
region Chenab Valley
sharesVocabularyWith Dogri
Hindi-Urdu
Kashmiri
spokenIn Bhaderwah region
Doda district
India
Jammu and Kashmir
state Jammu and Kashmir
usedAs oral language
usedByCommunity Bhaderwahi people
writingSystem Devanagari script
Perso-Arabic script
Takri script

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