Understanding the Pahari Language & Providing Professional Pahari Interpreters and Translators
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The Pahari languages are a geographic group of Indic languages spoken in the lower ranges of the Himalayas, from Nepal in the east to the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh in the west. These languages fall into three groups: Eastern, consisting of the various dialects of Nepali, also known as Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, or Parbatiya; Central, spoken in Uttarakhand state, in Kumaon and Garhwal; and Western, spoken in Himachal Pradesh. Though traditionally considered Pahari, and often Hindi or Panjabi, it is not clear that they are more closely related to each other than to other Indic languages. Eastern and Central Pahari has been placed together as the Northern zone of Indic, with Western Pahari in the Northwestern zone along with Panjabi and related languages.
In the highlands where rice couldn't dominate agricultural production, and particularly the knot of highlands separating the Karnali-Bheri basin from the Gandaki basin, a complex of Tibeto-Burman dialects called Khamkura—Kham talk—prevailed and persists today among the Kham Magar ethnic group. So the term Khaskura seems to have originated in a Khaskura/Khamkura duality. Perhaps five hundred years ago, Khas pioneers migrated eastward. They detoured around Kham uplands where rice could hardly be grown to settle in the lowlands of the Gandaki basin. One particular Khas family settled in the small Gorkha principality and ruled it for generations. This family was destined to become the Shah family that unified Nepal as we know it today, thus Khaskura came to be called Gorkhali.
Prithvi Narayan Shah conquered the urbanized Kathmandu Valley, and then called Nepal, just east of the Gandaki basin. Nepal became Prithvi Narayan's new capital while he and his heirs went on to conquer small principalities for hundreds of miles along the Himalayas.
The Pahari languages are a geographic group of Indic languages spoken in the lower ranges of the Himalayas, from Nepal in the east to the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh in the west. These languages fall into three groups: Eastern, consisting of the various dialects of Nepali, also known as Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, or Parbatiya; Central, spoken in Uttarakhand state, in Kumaon and Garhwal; and Western, spoken in Himachal Pradesh. Though traditionally considered Pahari, and often Hindi or Panjabi, it is not clear that they are more closely related to each other than to other Indic languages. Eastern and Central Pahari has been placed together as the Northern zone of Indic, with Western Pahari in the Northwestern zone along with Panjabi and related languages.
In the highlands where rice couldn't dominate agricultural production, and particularly the knot of highlands separating the Karnali-Bheri basin from the Gandaki basin, a complex of Tibeto-Burman dialects called Khamkura—Kham talk—prevailed and persists today among the Kham Magar ethnic group. So the term Khaskura seems to have originated in a Khaskura/Khamkura duality. Perhaps five hundred years ago, Khas pioneers migrated eastward. They detoured around Kham uplands where rice could hardly be grown to settle in the lowlands of the Gandaki basin. One particular Khas family settled in the small Gorkha principality and ruled it for generations. This family was destined to become the Shah family that unified Nepal as we know it today, thus Khaskura came to be called Gorkhali.
Prithvi Narayan Shah conquered the urbanized Kathmandu Valley, and then called Nepal, just east of the Gandaki basin. Nepal became Prithvi Narayan's new capital while he and his heirs went on to conquer small principalities for hundreds of miles along the Himalayas.
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