Gangari dialect

Garhwali dialect of Uttarakhand, India
Gangari/Gangadi
गंगाड़ी
Native toIndia
RegionUttarakhand
Language family
Indo-European
  • Indo-Iranian
    • Indo-Aryan
      • Northern
        • Central Pahari
          • Garhwali
            • Gangari/Gangadi
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologgang1264
30°43′44″N 78°26′22″E / 30.7288°N 78.4394°E / 30.7288; 78.4394

Gangari, or Gangadi, (गंगाड़ी gaṅgāṛī), is a dialect of Garhwali[1][2] spoken primarily in the district of Uttarkashi in the state of Uttarakhand, northern India.

There are three genders (masculine, feminine and neuter) and two numbers (singular and plural). The respective endings for nouns are:[citation needed]

  • masculine singular: -o
  • masculine plural: -a
  • feminine singular: -e
  • feminine plural: -ae
  • neuter singular: -a
  • neuter plural: -a:

References

  1. ^ "Gangari dialect of Garhwali". endangeredlanguages.com.
  2. ^ "Garhwali: Gangari language". globalrecordings.net.