Kumaoni Language Essay

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If you want to know more about a city or a country or a region then going through local dialects is the best option. Local dialects are full of information; in fact they contain step wise development of region too. The impact of change in local dialect can be seen or rather is seen with developments in society. The process though is very slow yet it is a constant process. Kumaoni language too is not an exception. Present Kumaoni language has its own importance. Its unique vocabulary gives it a different look. Kumaoni is spoken by 2360000 (1998) people of Indian States of Uttrakhand (Almora, Nainital, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Champawat, Rudrapur districts),Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra and Punjab, besides being spoken in some regions of Himachal Pradesh. The Central Pahari language includes Kumaoni and Garhwali. The paper will deal with the development of Kumaoni. Kumaoni like Garhwali has many regional dialects spoken in different places in Uttrakhand amongst its dialects the central Kumaoni is spoken in Almora and Northern Nainital, northeastern Kumaoni in Pithoragarh, southeastern Kumaoni is southeastern Nainital, western Kumaoni is in west of Almora and Nainital. Different forms of Kumaoni …show more content…

On other hand Mughals reigned at Delhi, it was under Muslim emperor, around 16th Century that Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bengal and provinces’ emperors from other casts including Brahmin, Parmar, Rajputs and others too headed towards the Kumaon. The impact of all such invasions enriched the vocabulary Kumaoni language and they too became part of the language. There was an obvious nexus between the existing tradition and the new ones that came along. Several people from other parts too came to permanently reside in the prominent religious centers like Badrinath, Kedarnath, Haridwar, Jageshwar and other religious

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