Bhadarwahi language

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Bhadarwahi
Bhadrawahi
𑚡𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚦𑚭𑚩𑚯 भद्रवाही بھدرواہی
Bhadarwahi written in Takri, Devanagari and Perso-arabic scripts
Native to	Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh
Region	Bhadarwah, Doda district
Ethnicity	Bhadarwahis
Native speakers	120,000 (2011)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northern Western Pahari Bhadarwahi
Dialects	Bhalesi Bhadrawahi proper Khasali dialect
Writing system	Devanagari, Takri, Perso-Arabic script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bhd
Glottolog	bhad1241
ELP	Bhadrawahi

Bhadarwahi (Bhadrawahi) is an indigenous language of the Indian subcontinent, belonging to the Western Pahari group. It is spoken by the Bhadarwahi people in the Bhadarwah region of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The language traces its origins to Sanskrit, the ancient and indigenous linguistic heritage of the region, and has evolved naturally within the cultural context of the area.

The name Bhadarwahi can be understood either in a narrow sense as referring to the dialect, locally known as Bhiḍlāi, native to the Bhadarwah valley, or in a broader sense to cover the group of related dialects spoken in the wider region where Bhadarwahi proper is used as a lingua franca. In addition to Bhadarwahi proper, this group also includes Bhalesi, and Khasali (Khashali) dialect.^[2] The Churahi language is closely related.

Wiktionary has a category on Bhadrawahi language.

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The name of the language is spelt in the Takri as 𑚡𑚛𑚤𑚦𑚭𑚩𑚯. Variants include Bhaderwahi (𑚡𑚛𑚲𑚤𑚦𑚭𑚩𑚯),^[3] Baderwali (𑚠𑚛𑚲𑚤𑚦𑚭𑚥𑚯), Bhadri (𑚡𑚛𑚤𑚯), Badrohi (𑚠𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚴𑚩𑚯), Bhadlayi (𑚡𑚛𑚥𑚭𑚣𑚯), and Bhadlai (𑚡𑚛𑚥𑚭𑚃).