Kangri language

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The Kangri language is spoken in northern India, predominantly in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, by the Kangri people. It is an Indo-Aryan language, related to Dogri and classified as one of the Pahari languages, with deep vocabulary impact from Punjabi, which is spoken to the West in the state of Punjab. Kangri along with Dogri has been classified as a dialect of Punjab by linguists but since the 60's for political reasons both have been promoted as a separate group called Pahari Languages.

[edit] Example

Tu kuthu chaleya? Where are you going?

Tera naa kya hai? Whats your name?

[edit] Resemblance to Hindi and Punjabi

Many words in Kangri resemble Hindi and Punjabi words, such as kuthu ("where"), which resembles kithe (Punjabi for "where").

[edit] External links

• Ethnologue listing for Kangri
• Singh, Amitjit. "The Language Divide in Punjab." Sagar, Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 1997.