Pahari, Kullu

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Alternate Names: Kauli, Kullui, Kulu Boli, Kulu Pahari, Kului, Kulvi, Kulwali, Pahari, Pahari Kullu, Phari Kulu

Dialects: Inner Siragi (Inner Seraji, Saraji, Siragi, Siraji), Kullui, Outer Seraji. Inner Siragi is apparently different from the Siraji-Kashmiri dialect of Kashmiri ,. Lexical similarity: 85% or higher among dialects.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Northern zone
Western Pahari

Demographics: 109,000 (1997). All Pahari 2,170,000 (1997).

Language Use: Also use Hindi [hin], Nepali [npi], Tinani [lbf], Urdu [urd]. Used as L2 by Gujari [gju].

Language Development: Radio programs. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1932–1998.

Writing System: Devanagari

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Hindu.