Gahri
A language of India
| Population | 4,000 (1997). |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh, Gahr Valley along Bhaga River from confluence with the Chandra and upstream, Biling, Kardang, Kyelang, Guskyar, Yurnad, Gumrang, Barbog, Paspara, Pyukar, Styering villages. |
| Alternate names | Boonan, Bunan, Erankad, Ghara, Keylong Boli, Lahuli of Bunan, Poonan, Punan |
| Dialects | Related to Tukpa [tpq], Kanashi [xns], Thebor [jna], Kanam [kcs], Sumcho [scu], Sungnam (Sungam) [ssk], Zangram [jna]. Lexical similarity: 39% with Sunam [ssk], 26%–39% with varieties of Chamba Lahuli (Pattani) [lae], 37% with Tinani [lbf], 26%–34% with varieties of Central Tibetan [bod], 34% with Jangshung [jna] and Shumcho [scu], 31% with Kinnaur Bhoti [nes], 30% with Chitkuli [cik] and Nesang (Tukpa) [tpq], 24% with Lhasa [bod], 23% with Kanauri [kfk]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Western Himalayish, Kanauri |
| Language use | All domains. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Bible portions: 1911–1923. |
| Writing system | Takri (Tankri, Takari) script, no longer in use. Tibetan script. |
| Comments | Bodh caste, but speak a different language from Bodhs of Mayar, Khoksar, and Stod valleys. They consider themselves different from Bodhs of the north, whom they call Tibetans. Only singular and plural number; no gender indicated in verbs or pronouns. Agriculturalists: cultivators. Buddhist. |
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