Pahari language
Pahari, or Pahadi, 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 an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Pakistan's northern Punjab, Pakistani Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir,
- Western Pahari languages, group of languages spoken primarily in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, with some languages in the south-eastern parts of Indian Jammu and Kashmir,
- 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.
- a term used by Dogri speakers of the plains to refer to the Dogri varieties spoken at higher elevations, in Indian Jammu and Kashmir,
- a local name for a variety of Bilaspuri spoken in a certain hilly area of Indian Punjab,
- a name nowadays used only in rural areas to refer to the Nepali language,
- a local name for a Bhili dialect of Eastern Gujarat.
- Pahari language (Sino-Tibetan), a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by a few thousand people in central Nepal.