Kangri
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The Kangri is a dialect spoken in northern India, predominantly in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, by the people of Kangra valley. It is an Indo-Aryan dialect, related to Dogri and classified as one of the Pahari languages, with deep vocabulary impact from Punjabi, which is spoken to the West in the state of Punjab. Kangri along with Dogri has been classified as a dialect of Punjabi by linguists but since the 60's for political reasons both have been promoted as a separate group called Pahari languages.

General

• Kangri is a pahari language. The language resembles many terms from Hindi and Punjabi.
• Its GRN Language Number is 780.
• Its Ethnologue 14th edition Language Code is DOJ
• Its Ethnologue 14th revised edition Language Code is XNR
• Its ISO / Ethnologue 15th edition Language Code is xnr
• The language is spoken in India (himachal pradesh region)^[1]

External links

• Ethnologue listing for Kangri
• Singh, Amitjit. "The Language Divide in Punjab." Sagar, Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 1997.

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