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| Bhadarwahi | |
|---|---|
| Bhadrawahi | |
| 𑚡𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚦𑚭𑚩𑚯 भद्रवाही بھدرواہی | |
 Bhadarwahi written in Takri, Devanagari and Perso-arabic scripts | |
| Native to | Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh |
| Region | Bhadarwah, Doda district |
| Ethnicity | Bhadarwahis |
Native speakers | 120,000 (2011)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Devanagari, Takri, Perso-Arabic script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bhd |
| Glottolog | bhad1241 |
| ELP | Bhadrawahi |
Bhadarwahi (Bhadrawahi) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Western Pahari group spoken by the Bhadarwahi people of the Bhadarwah region of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
The name Bhadarwahi can be understood either in a narrow sense as referring to the dialect, locally known as Bhiḍlāi, native to the Bhadarwah valley, or in a broader sense to cover the group of related dialects spoken in the wider region where Bhadarwahi proper is used as a lingua franca. In addition to Bhadarwahi proper, this group also includes Bhalesi, and Khasali (Khashali) dialect.[2] The Churahi language is closely related.
The name of the language is spelt in the Takri as 𑚡𑚛𑚤𑚦𑚭𑚩𑚯. Variants include Bhaderwahi (𑚡𑚛𑚲𑚤𑚦𑚭𑚩𑚯),[3] Baderwali (𑚠𑚛𑚲𑚤𑚦𑚭𑚥𑚯), Bhadri (𑚡𑚛𑚤𑚯), Badrohi (𑚠𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚴𑚩𑚯), Bhadlayi (𑚡𑚛𑚥𑚭𑚣𑚯), and Bhadlai (𑚡𑚛𑚥𑚭𑚃).
- ^ Bhadarwahi at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
- ^ Kaul, Pritam Krishen (2006). Pahāṛi and Other Tribal Dialects of Jammu. Vol. 1. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. pp. 85–86. ISBN 8178541017.. The classification there includes Rodhari as a separate node, but elsewhere (pp.123–24), it is subsumed under Khasali.
- ^ Phonological System of Bhaderwahi (PDF)
