Sirmauri language

Sirmauri
	Himachali
Native to	India
Region	Himachal Pradesh
Native speakers	107,401 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western Western Pahari (Dogri–Kangri) Sirmauri; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Dharthi; Giripari;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	srx
Glottolog	sirm1239[2]

Sirmauri is a Western Pahari languages spoken in Sirmaur district in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Its two main varieties are Dharthi (Giriwari) and Giripari. Although considered dialects, intelligibility between them is difficult, and not much better than with neighboring languages.

Grammar

Postpositions

Basic postpositions^[3]
case	masculine	feminine	nueter
genetive	/ra/	/ree/	/roo/
locative	/da/	/dee/	/doo/
ablative	/sa/	/see/	/soo/

References

↑ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sirmauri". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ "Language in India". www.languageinindia.com. Retrieved 2017-12-30.

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[1] "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sirmauri". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[3] "Language in India". www.languageinindia.com. Retrieved 2017-12-30.