Template:Infobox language Template:Contains special charactersTemplate:WtcJaunsari (Takri: 𑚑𑚵𑚝𑚨𑚭𑚤𑚯) is a Western Pahari language of northern India spoken by the Jaunsari people in the Chakrata and Kalsi blocks of Dehradun district in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand state.
Script
The native script of the language is a variety of Takri Script. This variety of Takri script is under proposal to be encoded in the Unicode.[1]
The priestly class used Bogoi Script. Nowadays, Devanagari script is also used for writing.
Status
The language has no official status. According to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the language is of definitely endangered category, i.e. many Jaunsari children are not learning Jaunsari as their mother tongue any longer.[2] The Ethnologue reports otherwise.
In 2016, State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) announced that Garhwali, Kumaoni, Jaunsari and Rang languages would be introduced on pilot basis for students in standard one to 10th in government schools Under the ‘Know Your Uttarakhand’ project.[3]
References
- ↑ Jaunsari Unicode.
- ↑ endangered language.
- ↑ Schoolkids to learn Garhwali, Kumaoni languages - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-07-25.