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:''For the language spoken in Azad Kashmir, see Pothohari dialect''. The Pahari languages (from पहाड़ी (Devanagari) پہاڑی (Urdu) from ''pahar'' 'mountain') are a geographic group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the lower ranges of the Himalayas, from Nepal in the east, through the Indian states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, to Azad Kashmir and Murree in Pakistan. They are usually written in the Devanagari and Persio-Arabic) scripts.〔http://global.britannica.com/topic/Pahari-languages〕 Newari may also be called "Pahari/Pahri", but belongs to a different language family. ==Classification== The Pahari languages fall into three genealogical groups. Eastern and Central Pahari have been placed together as the Northern zone of Indo-Aryan, with Western Pahari in the Northwestern zone along with Punjabi and related languages. ;Central Pahari *Kumaoni is spoken by an estimated 2,360,000 people in Uttarakhand. *Garhwali These languages are closer to Rajasthani than they are to Hindi. ;Eastern Pahari *Jumli is spoken by an estimated 40,000 people in the Karnali zone of Nepal. *Nepali is spoken by an estimated 11,100,000 people in Nepal, 265,000 people in Bhutan, and 2,500,000 people in the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal. It is an official language in Nepal and India. *Palpa is spoken by an estimated 7,500 people in the Lumbini zone of Nepal. ;Western Pahari (詳細はDogri is the best known. Though traditionally considered Pahari, and often Hindi or Punjabi, the Western Pahari languages are more closely related to each other than to other Indo-Aryan languages. 17 to 20% of Jammu and Kashmir speak Pahari languages. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pahari languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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