Uttaranchal

Garhwali Is the Central Pahari Language of people from Northern Zone of Indo-Aryan language. It is primarily a spoken language of Garhwali people Uttaranchal  in India. The Central Pahari languages include Garhwali and Kumauni (spoken in the Kumaun region of Uttrakhand). Garhwali, like Kumauni, has many regional dialects spoken in different places in Uttarakhand. The script used for Garhwali is Devanagari.

Garhwali is one of the 325 recognized languages of India spoken by over 2,267,314 people in Tehri Garhwal, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Dehradun, Haridwar and Rudraprayag districts of Uttarakhand.Garhwali is also spoken by people in other parts of India including Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. According to various estimates, there are at least 25 lakh Garhwali migrants living in Delhi and the National Capital Region.

Garhwali

गढ़वळि

Spoken in Garhwal (Uttarakhand, India)

Native speakers : 2.92 million  (2000)[1]

Language family: Indo-European,Indo-Iranian,Indo-Aryan, Northern Pahari, Central Pahari

Garhwali

Writing system Devanagari script

Official status

Official language in Uttarakhand ( India)

Language codes

ISO 639-3 gbm

However, due to a number of reasons, Garhwali is one of the languages which is shrinking very rapidly. UNESCO’s Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger designates Garhwali as a language which is in the unsafe category and requires consistent conservation efforts.

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