Jaunsari language

Jaunsari (Devanagari: जौनसारी) is a Western Pahari language of northern India spoken by the Jaunsari people in the Chakrata and Kalsi blocks of Dehradun district in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand state.

Jaunsari
Jaunsari Script
Native toIndia
RegionUttarakhand
EthnicityJaunsari
Native speakers
136,779 (2011)
Sirmauri script(Historical)
Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3jns
Glottologjaun1243
ELPJaunsari

The dialects of Jaunsari share about 60% of their basic vocabulary with each of the neighbouring varieties of Bangani, Jaunpuri, Nagpuriya and Sirmauri.

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