Uttarakhand: Video Report On Garhwali Language And Vulnerability

Uttarakhand: Video Report On Garhwali Language And Vulnerability   The Garhwali language of India’s Uttarakhand state is in desperate need of preservation.   Luxmi, like most children in the hilly Garhwal division of Uttarakhand, learnt how to speak Garhwali first, before Hindi. However, UNESCO’s Atlas of World Languages in Danger lists Garhwali as one of them, classifying it as ‘vulnerable’. Most children speak the language, but it might be restricted to certain domains, for instance the...

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