Jaunsari language

Jaunsari
Jaunsari Script
Native toIndia
RegionUttarakhand
EthnicityJaunsari
Native speakers
136,779 (2011)
Sirmauri script(Historical)
Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3jns
Glottologjaun1243
ELPJaunsari

Jaunsari (Devanagari: जौनसारी) is a Western Pahari language of northern India spoken by the Jaunsari people in the Kalsi, Chakrata and Tyuni sub-districts of Dehradun district in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand state.

The dialects of Jaunsari share about 60% of their basic vocabulary with each of the neighbouring varieties of Bangani, Jaunpuri, Nagpuriya and Sirmauri.