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Nagpuri dialect (Garhwal)

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Nagpuri
नागपुरी nāgapurī
नागपुरिया nāgapuriyā
Native toIndia
RegionUttarakhand
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolognagp1247
Nagpuria is spoken in Uttarakhand, in the north of India
Nagpuria is spoken in Uttarakhand, in the north of India
Nagpuri
Approximate location of the Nagpuria-speaking area in India
Coordinates: 30°17′04″N 78°58′52″E / 30.2844°N 78.9811°E / 30.2844; 78.9811
Saradi speaking in Nagpuri

Nagpuri (or Nagpuriya) is spoken in the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand state. Currently it has been classified as a dialect under Garhwali,[1] belonging to the Central Pahari group (as per Grierson).

Lexical similarity with neighbors

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Lexical similarity [2]
% lexical similarity
Bangani 59%
Jaunpuri 61%
Sirmauri 58%
Jaunsari 60%

Grammar

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Pronouns[1]
Pronoun Devanagari IPA
I मैँ məɪ̃
thou तुम t̪umə
you तू t̪uː
us हम ɦəmə
he सु/ओ s̪u
she स्या s̪jɑː
they सि s̪ɪ
them तौं t̪əũ
Cases
Case Hindi Translation
ने by
ते को to
मुके से(द्वारा) using
ते के लिए for
बटिन से from(as in

from A to B)

कु का,की,के of
मा में in
मु पर on
Prepositions[1]
Preposition IPA Translation
मधे middle/among
तख there
वख there(closer)
माँ in

Script & specimen

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A specimen in Nagpuri from Grierson's LSI.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Linguistic Survey Of India Vol.9 Part.4. 1916. p. 334.
  2. ^ Jaunsari: A Sociolinguistic Survey. SIL International. 2008. p. 13.