Jaunpuri () is a Northern Indo-Aryan dialect spoken in parts of the

Garhwal region Garhwal (IPA: /ɡəɽʋːɔɭ/) is one of the two administrative divisions of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Lying in the Himalayas, it is bounded on the north by Tibet, on the east by Kumaon, on the south by Uttar Pradesh state, and on the ...

in the state of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in the North India, northern part of India. It is often referred to as t ...

, India. Its speakers are found in the Jaunpur development block in the east of

Tehri Garhwal district Tehri Garhwal is a district in the hill state of Uttarakhand, India. Its administrative headquarters is at New Tehri. The district has a population of 618, 931 (2011 census), a 2.35% increase over the previous decade. It is the 7th ranked dis ...

. Although a separate identity for Jaunpuri has been claimed, it is most commonly considered to be a dialect of Garhwali.

Lexical similarity with neighbors

References

{{Reflist Northern Indo-Aryan languages Languages of Uttarakhand Tehri Garhwal district