Nagpuri dialect (Garhwal) explained

Nagpuri
Nativename:नागपुरी nāgapurī
नागपुरिया nāgapuriyā
States:India
Region:Uttarakhand
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Indo-Aryan
Fam4:North-Western or Northern
Fam5:Central Pahari
Pushpin Map:India
Pushpin Map Caption:Approximate location of the Nagpuria-speaking area in India
Pushpin Map Alt:Nagpuria is spoken in Uttarakhand, in the north of India
Coordinates:30.2844°N 78.9811°W
Glotto:nagp1247
Glottorefname:Nagpuriya

Nagpuri (or Nagpuriya) is spoken in the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand state. Currently it has been classified as a dialect under Garhwali,[1] belonging to the Central Pahari group (as per Grierson).

Lexical similarity with neighbors

Lexical similarity [2] !!% lexical similarity
Bangani59%
Jaunpuri61%
Sirmauri58%
Jaunsari60%

Grammar

Pronouns!Pronoun!Devanagari!IPA
Iमैँməɪ̃
thouतुमt̪umə
youतूt̪uː
usहमɦəmə
heसु/ओs̪u
sheस्याs̪jɑː
theyसिs̪ɪ
themतौंt̪əũ
Cases!Case!Hindi!Translation
नेby
ते कोto
मुके से(द्वारा)using
ते के लिएfor
बटिन सेfrom(as infrom A to B)
कु का,की,केof
मा मेंin
मुपरon
Prepositions!Preposition!IPA!Translation
मधेmiddle/among
तखthere
वखthere(closer)
माँin

Notes and References

  1. Book: Linguistic Survey Of India Vol.9 Part.4. 1916. 334.
  2. Book: Jaunsari: A Sociolinguistic Survey. SIL International. 2008. 13.