| Salani | |
| Pushpin Map: | India |
| Glottorefname: | Salani |
| Glotto: | sala1263 |
| Coordinates: | 29.917°N 78.7101°W |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Salani is spoken in Uttarakhand, in the north of India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Approximate location of the Salani-speaking area in India |
| Fam5: | Central Pahari |
| Nativename: | सलाणी |
| Fam4: | North-Western or Northern |
| Fam3: | Indo-Aryan |
| Fam2: | Indo-Iranian |
| Familycolor: | Indo-European |
| Region: | Uttarakhand[1] [2] |
| States: | India |
Salani is a Garhwali dialect spoken in the Pauri district of Uttarakhand, northern India.[3] [4] [5] G.A. Grierson has described it as "practically the same as Srinagaria".[6]
it is spoken to the South of Rathwali, in the Parganas of Malla, Tallā and Gañgā Salan, in the parganas to the immediate North and in Western portion of Pali pargana of Almora.
Below are the statistics of estimated number of speakers in different regions, as of early 20th century:
| Pauri(British Garhwal) | 207,832 | |
| Almora | 15,176 | |
| Dehradun | 5000 | |
| Saharanpur | 250 | |
| Bijnor | 1000 | |
| Moradabad | 500 |