Indo-European · ISO 639-3 pwr
Powari Language पवारी
Powari is an Indo-European language spoken by about 2.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Devanagari script.
Where Powari is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Powari
About the Powari language
Powari (पवारी) is spoken by about 2.0 million people, which makes it the 310th most spoken language in the world — just behind Piemontese (2.0 million) and ahead of K'iche' (2.0 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Eastern Hindi group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Powari spoken?
Powari is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (2.0 million).
Powari is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Powari 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 Awadhi, Chhattisgarhi, Bagheli, Hindi, Urdu, Bhojpuri and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 pwr.
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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.