Indo-European · ISO 639-3 gbm
Garhwali Language गढ़वळि
Garhwali is an Indo-European language spoken by about 3.6 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Devanagari script.
Where Garhwali is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Garhwali
About the Garhwali language
Garhwali (गढ़वळि) is spoken by about 3.6 million people, which makes it the 224th most spoken language in the world — just behind Shekhawati (3.7 million) and ahead of Shan (3.6 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Central Pahari group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Garhwali spoken?
Garhwali is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (3.8 million).
Garhwali is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Garhwali is written in the Devanagari script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Kumaoni, Nepali, Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Bhojpuri and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 gbm.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.