Jaunpuri dialect (Garhwal)

Not to be confused with the neighbouring Jaunsari language.

Jaunpuri (जौनपुरी) is a Northern Indo-Aryan dialect spoken in parts of the Garhwal region in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Its speakers are found in the Jaunpur development block in the east of Tehri Garhwal district. Although a separate identity for Jaunpuri has been claimed,^[1] it is most commonly considered to be a dialect of Garhwali.^[2]

Jaunpuri
jaunapurī written in Sirmauri-Jaunsari Takri (above) & Takri Scripts.
Native to	India
Region	Uttarakhand
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northern Jaunpuri
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	jaun1244

Tehri Garhwal District

Lexical similarity with neighbors

Lexical similarity ^[3]

	% lexical similarity
Bangani	56%
Jaunsari	61%
Sirmauri	55%
Nagpuri	74%