Kangri

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Kangra-Dogri, Pahari, Pahari Kangri
User Population

1,120,000 (2011 census).

Location

Himachal Pradesh state: Hamirpur, Kangra, and Una districts; Punjab state: Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur districts.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Pahari, Western Pahari
Dialects

Hamirpuri, Palampuri. Lexical similarity: Palampuri dialect; 90% with Bilaspuri [kfs] and Chambeali [cdh], 89% with Mandeali [mjl], 83% with Bhattiyali [bht], 80% with the MacLeod Ganj dialect of Gaddi [gbk]. A member of macrolanguage Dogri [doi].

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, work, market. Used by all. Positive attitudes. A few also use English [eng]. Also use Eastern Punjabi [pan]. Also use Hindi [hin], for communicating with outsiders. Also use Urdu [urd].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 70%. Educators promote Kangri. Acceptability of other Pahari dialects is high. Literature. Radio. Grammar. NT: 2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kangri
Writing

Devanagari script [Deva]. Takri (Tankri, Takari) script [Takr], no longer in use.

Other Comments

Hindu.