Kangri language

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Kangri
कांगड़ी
Kangri written in Takri and Devanagari
Native to	India
Region	Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
Native speakers	1.1 million (2011)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western or Northern Punjabi Pahari Kangri
Writing system	Takri,
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xnr
Glottolog	kang1280

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Kangri (Takri: 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚌𑚪𑚯) is a dialect of Punjabi, spoken in northern India, predominantly in the Kangra, Una and Hamirpur of Himachal Pradesh as well as in some parts of Mandi and Chamba districts of Himachal Pradesh and Gurdaspur, Rupnagar and Hoshiarpur districts of Punjab.^[1] Kangri language is also spoken in Duggar i.e. Jammu region and in a few villages of Pakistan by the people belonging to the families migrated from Kangra Valley. It is associated with the people of the Kangra Valley. The total number of speakers has been estimated at 2.3 million as of 2024.^[1]

Like most of IA languages, Kangri does form a dialect continuum with its neighbouring languages. This includes the Pahari varieties spoken to the east Mandeali and Kullui, north to Chambeali, Gaddi & Bhateali & south-east to Kahluri. Besides it also share continuum north-west to Dogri Punjabi and in south and west to Domani Punjabi.^[2] It is currently classified under Pahari branch.

Kangri language is on International Dashboard of Current UD Languages since May 2021. Only ten Indian languages are there on this dashboard and Kangri is one of them. Google has also introduced Kangri keyboard for typing now.