Sirmauri
A language of India
| Population | 400,000 (2005 SIL). |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh, Sirmaur District, Shimla District, southeast section. |
| Alternate names | Himachali, Pahari, Sirmouri, Sirmuri |
| Dialects | Dharthi (Giriwari), Giripari. Difficult intelligibility between Dharthi and Giripari; and between Upper Mahasui and Giripar. Dharthi dialect more influenced by Hindi. In south Shimla District, Kiunthali and Sirmauri are used interchangeably, but there is reportedly a different variety of Sirmauri in Sirmaur District. Lexical similarity: 56%–70% between Dharthi and Giripari, with considerable variation within each dialect; Giripari 67% with Lower Mahasui, 65% with Upper Mahasui, 61% with Jaunsari [jns]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northern zone, Western Pahari |
| Language use | Home, village. Positive attitude. Some also use Hindi. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 60% for Sirmaur District (2001 census). Newspapers. Radio programs. TV. Videos. Grammar. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. Takri (Tankri, Takari) script, no longer in use, special variety used informally (Masica 1991). |
| Comments | Dharthi is spoken in Giriwar area, Giripari in Giripar area. Hindu. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
JOHN, Matthews, author. 2008. "Jaunsari: a sociolinguistic survey."
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