Alternate Names: Gadhavali, Gadhawala, Gadwahi, Gashwali, Girwali, Godauli, Gorwali, Gurvali, Pahari Garhwali
Dialects: Badhani, Bangani, Bhattiani, Chandpuri, Dessaulya, Gangadi (Uttarkashi), Jaunpuri, Lohbya, Majh-Kumaiya, Nagpuriya, Parvati, Rathi, Ravai, Salani (Pauri), Srinagari, Tehri (Gangapariya). Jaunsari , is sometimes referred to as a dialect of Garhwali, but most say they cannot understand it. Parvati dialect also reportedly not mutually intelligible; Srinagari is literary standard; Pauri generally regarded as the sweetest; Srinagari and Pauri are very similar. Lexical similarity: 53%–84% among dialects; 54%–69% with Hindi ,, 55%–66% with Kumaoni ,. The divergent dialect varieties of Bangani, Parvati, and Ravai are no more similar to Western Pahari varieties than to Garhwali.
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Demographics: 2,920,000 (2000 survey).
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, village. All ages. Positive attitudes. Almost everyone uses some Hindi [hin] with more fluency among the men, educated and youth; Hindi used in the market. Used as L2 by Gujari [gju], Jad [jda], Rongpo [rnp].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 72% for Uttarakhand (2001 census). Older women lack literacy. Poetry. Magazines. Radio programs. NT: 1827–1994.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Devanagari
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Jaunpuri and Ravai dialects are culturally similar to Jaunsari and distinct from Garhwali. Castes are Brahmin, Rajput, Harijan. Hindu, traditional religion.