Gaddi language

Gaddi (also called Gaddki, Gaddiyali or Bharmauri; Takri: ๐‘šŒ๐‘š›๐‘šฏ, ๐‘šŒ๐‘š›๐‘šŠ๐‘šฏ, ๐‘šŒ๐‘š›๐‘šฎ๐‘šฃ๐‘šญ๐‘šฅ๐‘šฏ, ๐‘šก๐‘šค๐‘šข๐‘šต๐‘šช๐‘šฏ) is an Indo-Aryan language of India.

It is also spoken in neighbouring parts of Jammu, with Gaddi villages found in Udhampur, Kathua and Doda districts.

According to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the language is definitely endangered category, i.e. many Gaddi chilanother adjoining areag Gaddi as their mother tongue any longer.

[5] The demand for the inclusion of 'Pahari (Himachali)' under the Eight Schedule of the Constitution, which is supposed to represent multiple Pahari languages of Himachal Pradesh, had been made in the year 2010 by the state's Vidhan Sabha.

[6] There has been no positive progress on this matter since then even when small organisations are striving to save the language.

Interview of Tarsem Jaryal about Gaddi culture in Gaddi language. Part -1