Dogri–Kangri languages

Dogri–Kangri
Western Pahari Himachali
Geographic distribution:	Himalayas of Nepal, India, and Pakistan
Linguistic classification:	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western[1] Dogri–Kangri
ISO 639-2 / 5:	him
Glottolog:	hima1250[2]

The Dogri–Kangri languages, traditionally known as Western Pahari or sometimes Himachali, are a range of languages and dialects spoken across the Himalayan range, from Pakistan to Nepal.

Languages

The Dogri–Kangri languages are tonal, like their close relative Panjabi but unlike most other Indic languages. Dogri has been an official language in India since 2003.

Although traditionally called Western Pahari, they are not as close to the other Pahari languages as they are to Panjabi. They are a dialect chain, and neighboring varieties may be mutually intelligible.

• Dogri–Kangri (closer to each other than either is to the other languages)
• Mandeali and various Chambealic varieties
• Jaunsari
• Nuclear Himachali:
  • Kullu
  • Harijan Kinnauri
  • Hinduri
  • Mahasu Pahari
  • Sirmauri

The Potwari language of Pakistan has traditionally been considered Western Pahari, but is now generally placed with the Lahnda languages (Panjabi).

All Dogri–Kangri language are traditionally considered dialects of either Hindi or Panjabi.

See also

• Pahari languages

References

1. Ernst Kausen, 2006. Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen (Microsoft Word, 133 KB)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Himachali". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.