Pahari
Pahari (also known as Pahaari), is a crude word referring to all the different and varied dialects of communities living in the Indian part of central Himalayan range. This word has been derived from the word 'pahar' or 'pahad' meaning 'mountain'. The term 'Pahaari/Pahari' in Hindi, Urdu, or Punjabi means "language of the mountain people". These include those spoken in the Indian States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal (traditionally called Uttarakhand). Western Pahari (Himachali) dialects include: Pothohari/Potwari, Kangri, Kullu, etc. The dialects spoken in Uttaranchal/Uttarakhand include Garhwali, Kumaoni and others. Garhwali itself has many dialects spoken in different parts of the state, like Jaunsari, Jadhi, etc.
The words Garhwali and Kumaoni are also used to refer to people speaking those dialects.
There are also speakers of various Pahari dialects living in the mountainous north of Pakistan, between Kashmir and Afghanistan - although these dialects are increasingly coming under the influence of the national language Urdu and also Punjabi.
