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{{Infobox language
| name = Gaddi
| nativename = 𑚌𑚛𑚯, गदी Gaddi<br />𑚌𑚛𑚊𑚯, गदकी Gaddki<br /> 𑚌𑚛𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯, गदियाली Gaddiyali<br /> 𑚡𑚤𑚢𑚵𑚪𑚯, भरमौड़ी Bharmauri
| states = Himachal Pradesh
| ethnicity = [[Gaddis]]
| region = [[Bharmaur]]
| speakers = {{sigfig|181069|3}}
| date = 2011
| familycolor = Indo-European
| fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
| fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
| fam4 = [[North-Western Indo-Aryan languages|North-Western]]
| fam5 = [[Western Pahari]]
| iso3 = gbk
| glotto = gadd1242
| glottorefname = Gaddi
| image = gaddki.png
| imagecaption = Gaddi, Gaddki, Gaddiyali and Bharmauri written in Takri Script
| script = [[Takri]], [[Devanagari]]
}}

'''Gaddi''' (also called '''Gaddki''', '''Gaddiyali''' or '''Bharmauri'''; [[Takri script|Takri]]: {{Lang|gbk|𑚌𑚛𑚯, 𑚌𑚛𑚊𑚯, 𑚌𑚛𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯, 𑚡𑚤𑚢𑚵𑚪𑚯}}) is an [[Indo-Aryan language]] of India. Is is spoken by the [[Gaddi people]] primarily in [[Bharmour]] Tehsil of [[Chamba district]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]]. It is also spoken in neighbouring parts of [[Jammu region|Jammu]], with Gaddi villages found in [[Udhampur district|Udhampur]], [[Kathua district|Kathua]] and [[Doda district|Doda]] districts.<ref>{{cite book| last = Kaul| first = Pritam Krishen| year = 2006| title = Pahāṛi and Other Tribal Dialects of Jammu| volume = 1| place = Delhi| publisher = Eastern Book Linkers| isbn = 8178541017 | p = 137}}</ref>{{Contains special characters|Indic}}The language has traditionally been written using the [[Takri script]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Takri for Gaddi|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09111-takri.pdf}}</ref>

== Dialects ==
There are four dialects of the language:<ref>{{Cite book|title=PLSI The languages of Himachal Pradesh|publisher=Orient Blackswan|pages=104}}</ref>
*The first one is spoken in the entire [[Bharmour|Bharmaur]], Chhatrari and Bhatyat Tehsils of [[Chamba district|Chamba]] and Gaddi speaking regions of [[Kangra district|Kangra]] district.
*The second one is spoken in consists of Piyuhar, Belaj, Guun, Bakani, the upper part of Mehla and Kaded, etc.
*The third one is spoken in the region of Basu and other adjoining area.
*The fourth on is spoken in Lilh and Paho.
{{wtc|Gaddi language}}

== Status ==
The language is commonly called [[Pahari language|Pahari]] or [[Western Pahari|Himachali]]. Some speaker may even call it a dialect of [[Dogri language|Dogri]]. The language has no official status. According to the [[UNESCO|United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)]], the language is of definitely endangered category, i.e. many Gaddi children are not learning Gaddi as their mother tongue any longer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Endangered languages|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/apr/15/language-extinct-endangered}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Pahari Inclusion|work=Zee News|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/himachal-pradesh/hp-for-inclusion-of-pahari-language-in-eighth-schedule_615857.html}}</ref> There has been no positive progress on this matter since then even when small organisations are taking upto themselves to save the language and demanding it.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Pahari Inclusion|work=The Statesman|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/demand-for-pahari-as-language-in-8th-schedule-of-constitution-1479046804.html}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.flingjnu.com/gaddigrammar Gaddi grammar sketches]
{{Indo-Aryan languages}}
[[Category:Pahari languages]]
[[Category:Languages of Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Languages of Jammu and Kashmir]]

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