Pahari languages

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Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q946077
Library of congress: sh 85096596
Sources of Information
  • Britannica online, July 29, 2009(Pahari languages: group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the lower ranges of the Himalayas (pahari is Hindi for "of the mountain"). Three divisions are distinguished: Eastern Pahari, represented by Nepali of Nepal; Central Pahari, spoken in the north of Uttar Pradesh state; and Western Pahari, found around Simla in Himachal Pradesh state)
  • Wikipedia WWW site, July 29, 2009(Pahari languages, also known as Northern Zone languages; group of related Indo-Aryan languages or dialects spoken in the lower ranges of the Himalayas from Nepal in the east to the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh in the west; subdivisions: Central, Eastern, Western)
  • Ethnologue WWW site, July 28, 2009(Northern zone; under Indo-Aryan family; includes Central Pahari, Eastern Pahari, Garhwali, and Western Pahari families)