| Gaddi | |
|---|---|
| 𑚌𑚛𑚯, गदी Gaddi 𑚌𑚛𑚊𑚯, गदकी Gaddki 𑚌𑚛𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯, गदियाली Gaddiyali 𑚡𑚤𑚢𑚵𑚪𑚯, भरमौड़ी Bharmauri | |
 The word "Gaddi" written in Takri script | |
| Native to | Himachal Pradesh |
| Region | Bharmaur |
| Ethnicity | Gaddis |
Native speakers | 181,000 (2011)[1] |
| Takri,Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gbk |
| Glottolog | gadd1242 |
| ELP | Gaddi |
Gaddi (also calledGaddki,Gaddiyali orBharmauri;Takri:𑚌𑚛𑚯, 𑚌𑚛𑚊𑚯, 𑚌𑚛𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯, 𑚡𑚤𑚢𑚵𑚪𑚯) is anIndo-Aryan language of India. It is spoken by theGaddi people primarily residing inthe Bharmour region ofChamba district and the upper reaches ofKangra district inHimachal Pradesh. It is also spoken in neighbouring parts ofJammu, with Gaddi villages found inUdhampur,Kathua andDoda districts.[2]
The language has traditionally been written using theTakri script.[3]
| Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | ||
| Close | ɪ,ʏ | iː,yː | ɨ | ɯ,ʊ | uː |
| Close-mid | eː | ə | oː | ||
| Open-mid | æː | ɔː | |||
| Open | aː | ||||
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Post-alv./ Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ŋ | ||||
| Stop/ Affricate | plain | p⠀b | t⠀d | ʈ⠀ɖ | tɕ⠀dʑ | k⠀ɡ | ||
| aspirated | pʰbʱ | tʰdʱ | ʈʰɖʱ | tɕʰdʑʱ | kʰɡʱ | |||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||||
| Approximant | w | l | ɭ | j | ||||
| Trill | r | ɽ | ||||||
There are four dialects of the language:[4]
The language is commonly calledPahari orHimachali. Some speakers may even call it a dialect ofDogri. The language has no official status. According to theUnited Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the language is definitely endangered category, i.e. many Gaddi chilanother adjoining areag Gaddi as their mother tongue any longer.[5]
The demand for the inclusion of 'Pahari (Himachali)' under the Eight Schedule of the Constitution, which is supposed to represent multiple Pahari languages of Himachal Pradesh, had been made in the year 2010 by the state's Vidhan Sabha.[6] There has been no positive progress on this matter since then even when small organisations are striving to save the language.[7]
