- Kangri language
The Kangri is a dialect spoken in northern
India , predominantly in theKangra district ofHimachal Pradesh , by the people ofKangra valley. It is anIndo-Aryan dialect, related to Dogri and classified as one of thePahari languages , with deep vocabulary impact from Punjabi, which is spoken to the West in the state of Punjab. Kangri along withDogri has been classified as a dialect of Punjabi by linguists but since the 60's for political reasons both have been promoted as a separate group calledPahari languages .General
*Kangri is a pahari language. The language resembles many terms from
Hindi and Punjabi.
*ItsGRN Language Number is 780.
*Its Ethnologue 14th edition Language Code is DOJ
*Its Ethnologue 14th revised edition Language Code is XNR
*Its ISO / Ethnologue 15th edition Language Code is xnr
*The language is spoken inIndia (himachal pradesh region) [ [http://globalrecordings.net/language/780 general view ups at globalrecordins.net] ]External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=xnr Ethnologue listing for Kangri]
* Singh, Amitjit. " [http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/sagar/sagar4.1.html#RTFToC1 The Language Divide in Punjab.] " "Sagar", Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 1997.References
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