Pahari, orPahadi (पहाड़ीپہاڑیpahāṛī 'of the hills/mountains';English:/pəˈhɑːri/),^[1] is an encompassing term that has been used for a variety of languages, dialects and language groups, most of which are found in the lower Himalayas.

Most commonly, it refers to:

• Pahari-Pothwari, is anIndo-Aryan language spoken in Pakistan'snorthern Punjab, Pakistani Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir,
• Western Pahari languages, group of languages spoken primarily in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh,^[2] with some languages in the south-eastern parts of Indian Jammu and Kashmir,^[3]
• Northern Indo-Aryan languages, in the linguistics literature often referred to as "Pahari languages", a proposed group that includes the Indo-Aryan languages of Nepal and the Indian states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

Less commonly,Pahari may be:

• a term used byDogri speakers of the plains to refer to the Dogri varieties spoken at higher elevations, in Indian Jammu and Kashmir,^[4]
• a local name for a variety ofBilaspuri spoken in a certain hilly area ofIndian Punjab,^[2]
• a name nowadays used only in rural areas to refer to theNepali language,^[5]
• a local name for aBhili dialect of EasternGujarat.^[2]

Pahari (पहरीpaharī) refers to:

• Pahari language (Sino-Tibetan), a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by a few thousand people in central Nepal.^[6]

Of similar origin is the namePaharia, which is used for several languages of east-central India: seePaharia language (disambiguation).

• Pahari culture

• Language naming

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