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{{Infobox language family |name=Pahari |altname=पहाड़ी |region={{IND|India}} ([[Uttarakhand]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Sikkim]], [[West Bengal]]), {{NEP|Nepal}}, {{PAK|Pakistan}} ([[Azad Kashmir]]), {{CHN|China}} ([[Tibet]]) |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=[[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] |fam3=[[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] |fam4=[[Indo-Aryan languages#Northern Zone|Northern Zone]] |child1=Eastern ([[Nepali language|Nepali]]) |child2=Central ([[Garhwali]], [[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]]) |child3=Western [[Dogri]]-[[Kangri]] languages }} '''Pahari''' (or '''Pahaari''') is a word for a number of [[dialect]]s spoken across the [[Himalaya]]n range, not limited to a single country. The word comes from 'pahar' meaning mountain. The word 'Pahaari' or 'Pahari' is an [[adjective]] in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and it means 'of the mountain', so 'Pahari' means '[[language]] of the mountain people'. [[Pakistan]], [[India]] and [[Nepal]] are all countries along which the Himalayas run, and in all three countries the word for mountain is '''Pahar''' this is because Panjabi are all related languages (they are all [[Indic language]]s of the [[Indo-European language]] family). The Pahari language is also part of this group. Travel in [[mountain]]ous areas is difficult, so [[dialect]]s close to each other can be very different. {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Languages of Pakistan]] [[Category:Kashmir]] [[Category:Languages of India]] [[Category:Languages of Nepal]] [[Category:Indo-Aryan languages]]