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Rathwali dialect

Rathwali(rāṭhavālī) or Rathi is spoken in the north of Salani throughout the centre of the District of Garhwal, over the greater parts of the Chandpur and Dewalgarh Parganas today's Thailisain block and sorrounding areas in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand state. Currently it has been classified as a dialect under Garhwali, belonging to the Central Pahari group(as per Grierson). It is the language of the Khasiyas .It is also known as Rathi(rāṭhī). It comes under the Indo Aryan family.

Grammar

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Rules for gender are same as Srinagaria.

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Tadbhava masc. nouns which end with a in Hindi, in Rathwali end with o. However some exceptions exist.

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Follows same rules as Srinagaria, however the final a is changed into a.

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Reflexive Pronoun is aaphu

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Auxiliary Verbs & Verbs Substantive

Comparative analysis

Script & specimen

References