Salani dialect

Salani is a Garhwali dialect spoken in the Pauri district of Uttarakhand, northern India.^[3][4][5] G.A. Grierson has described it as "practically the same as Srinagaria".^[6]

Salani
सलाणी
Native to	India
Region	Uttarakhand[1][2]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western or Northern Central Pahari Salani
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	sala1263
Salani Approximate location of the Salani-speaking area in India
Coordinates: 29.9170°N 78.7101°E / 29.9170; 78.7101

Region and stats

it is spoken to the South of Rathwali, in the Parganas of Malla, Tallā and Gañgā Salan, in the parganas to the immediate North and in Western portion of Pali pargana of Almora.

Below are the statistics of estimated number of speakers in different regions, as of early 20th century:

Stats of Salani (last updated 1916)^[7]

Region	No. of speakers
Pauri(British Garhwal)	207,832
Almora	15,176
Dehradun	5000
Saharanpur	250
Bijnor	1000
Moradabad	500

Script & specimen

A sample in Salani, taken from Grierson's book.

See also

• Bangani
• Rathwali
• Nagpuri
• Jaunpuri
• Garhwali
• Kumaoni
• Jaunsari