Johari (dialect)

Johari is language variety spoken by the Shauka people of India, primarily in the Johar and Darma valley of the state of Uttarakhand. It is generally classified as a dialect of the Kumaoni language, and is also argued to be a distinct language.^[2][3] Sharma (1990) describe Rangas, its predecessor, to be extinct since 1955.^[4] Grierson (1916) included Johari as a Kumaoni dialect, calling it "corrupt Kumauni" with an estimated 7,419 speakers having another native language, Rangkas.^[5]

Johari
जोहारी
Surendra Singh Pangtey narrating a joke in Johari
Pronunciation	[d͡ʒoːɦɑːɾiː]
Native to	India
Region	Johar and Darma valleys, (India)[1]
Ethnicity	Shauka people
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northern Central Pahari Kumaoni Johari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Bibliography

• Sharma, D. D. (1990). Tibeto-Himalayan languages of Uttarakhand. 2. Studies in Tibeto-Himalayan languages (1st ed.). Mittal. ISBN 978-81-7099-171-7.