Jaunsari
A language of India
| Population | 100,000 (2001). |
| Region | Uttarakhand, Dehra Dun District, Kalsi tahsil, Tiuni tahsil, Chakrata tahsil, Jaunsar-Bawar Division. |
| Alternate names | Jansauri, Jaunsauri, Pahari |
| Dialects | Jaunsari, Jaunsari-Bawari. 97% intelligibility between dialects. Perceived by some as a Garhwali [gbm] dialect; but speakers perceive Garhwali as distinct and report lack of intelligibility. Lexical similarity: 70%–77% between dialects, 63%–70% with Garhwali dialects, 64% with Kannada Kurumba [kfi], 66% with Hindi, 51% to 64% with Sirmauri [srx]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northern zone, Western Pahari |
| Language use | Vigorous. Home, village, private prayer. Positive attitude. Hindi preferred for education. Also use Hindi. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 26%. Schools officially use Hindi medium but Jaunsari spoken among children and used by teachers to explain things to primary students. Bible portions: 1895–1904. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. Latin script, no longer in use. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Agriculturalists. Hindu. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
JOHN, Matthews, author. 2008. "Jaunsari: a sociolinguistic survey."
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