Jaunpuri (जौनपुरी) is a Northern Indo-Aryan dialect spoken in parts of the Garhwal region in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Its speakers are found in the Jaunpur development block in the east of Tehri Garhwal district. Although a separate identity for Jaunpuri has been claimed,[1] it is most commonly considered to be a dialect of Garhwali.[2]
| Jaunpuri | |
|---|---|
 jaunapurī written in Sirmauri-Jaunsari Takri (above) & Takri Scripts. | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Uttarakhand |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | jaun1244 |
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Lexical similarity with neighbors
edit| % lexical similarity | |
|---|---|
| Bangani | 56% |
| Jaunsari | 61% |
| Sirmauri | 55% |
| Nagpuri | 74% |
References
edit- ^ Pundir, Surender (2015). "Jaunpuri". In Devy, Ganesh; Bhatt, Uma; Pathak, Shekhar (eds.). The Languages of Uttarakhand. People's Linguistic Survey of India. Vol. 30. Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan. pp. 216–34. ISBN 9788125056263.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Jaunpuri". Glottolog 4.3.
- ^ Matthews, John (2008). "Jaunsari: a sociolinguistic survey". SIL Electronic Survey Reports. pp. 12–13.