Gujari

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Jammu and Kashmir state: Anantnag district, Doru, Kukernag, and Pahalgam sub-districts; Baramulla district, Uri sub-district; Ganderbal district, Kangan sub-district; Kulgam district; Kupwara district, Handwara, Karnah, and Kupwara sub-districts; Pulwama district, Tral sub-district; Shopian district.

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Afghanistan

Language NameGujari

User Population

15,000 in Afghanistan (2015).

Location

Scattered. Nomadic, traveling in summer in eastern valleys.

Alternate Names

Gojari, Gojri, Gujuri Rajasthani

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Language Use

Used by all.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Muslim.

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Pakistan

Language NameGujari

User Population

391,000 in Pakistan (2018).

Location

Azad Kashmir province: widespread north; Gilgit Baltistan province: Diamer district, Gilgit; Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: east Hazara district, Kaghan valley, scattered in south Chitral district, Dir Kohistan and Swat Kohistan; Punjab province: Rawalpindi district; Islamabad.

Alternate Names

Gogri, Gojari, Gojri, Gujer, Gujjari, Gujuri, Gujuri Rajasthani, Kashmir Gujuri

Dialects

Western Gujari, Eastern Gujari. Lexical similarity: 39% with Mankiyali [nlm].

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Language Use

Most Gujars in Pakistani Punjab may have shifted to Punjabi [pnb]. Spoken in some pockets of Punjab by immigrants from elsewhere. Used as L2 by Dari [prs].

Language Development

Taught as subject in primary schools, in 25 schools.

Other Comments

Some move seasonally with herds. Muslim.

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