Jaunsari language
| Jaunsari | |
|---|---|
Jaunsari Script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Mahasu |
| Ethnicity | Jaunsari |
Native speakers | 136,779 (2011) |
| Sirmauri script(Historical) Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jns |
| Glottolog | jaun1243 |
| ELP | Jaunsari |
For a list of words relating to Jaunsari language, see the Jaunsari language category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Jaunsari (Devanagari: जौनसारी) is a Western Pahari language of northern India spoken by the Jaunsari people in the Kalsi, Chakrata and Tyuni sub-districts of Dehradun district in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand state. It is closely related to Sirmauri and Mahasu Pahari, and sometimes considered as the dialect of Mahasu Pahari.
The dialects of Jaunsari share about 60% of their basic vocabulary with each of the neighbouring varieties of Bangani, Jaunpuri, Nagpuriya and Sirmauri.