Different types of Pahari languages

Pahari languages (Devanagari: पहाड़ी, pahāṛī 'of the hills') or Pahadi languages (Nepali: पहाडी) 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, and Himachal Pradesh.

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 is spoken by an estimated 2,900,000 people in Uttarakhand. Most of these are Garhwali people from the state's northwestern division of Garhwal.

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 India. 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

There are a dozen Western Pahari languages, of which Dogri and Kangri are 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. 17-20% of Jammu and Kashmir's population speaks Pahari languages. Pahari, along with Urdu, are the two most spoken languages in Kashmir.
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Language	Group	Region
Nepali	Eastern Pahari	Nepali is a lingua franca of Nepal, the Indian state of Sikkim and the Gorkhaland region of West Bengal. It is also widely spoken in Northeast region of India and also in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Kumaoni or Kumauni	Central Pahari	spoken in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand and Mahakali Zone of Nepal
Garhwali	Central Pahari	spoken in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand
Himachali	Western Pahari	Kangri is spoken in the Kangra, Chamba, Bilaspur, Una, Mandi, Hamirpur districts of Himachal Pradesh and the Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur districts of Punjab
Dogri	Western Pahari	Dogri has official status in Jammu and Kashmir