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Kullui

Indo-European

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Kullui (Kullavi, "language of Kullu") is a Western Pahari Indo-Aryan language of the Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Kullu Valley is famous for its Dussehra festival (one of the largest in India), the Naggar palace of the Kullu Rajas, and the Manikaran hot springs sacred to Sikh and Hindu pilgrims. Kullui is part of the Western Pahari dialect chain that stretches from Kashmir to Garhwal, with mutual intelligibility decreasing with distance. Linguistically, Kullui shares Western Pahari features (vowel system, SOV order, postpositions) but has been heavily influenced by Hindi through education and media; younger speakers are increasingly Hindi-dominant. The 2011 Indian census recorded 196,295 Kullui speakers, but cultural revitalization through the Kullu Cultural Society aims to maintain literary use.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Kullui

Water

पाणी

/paːɳiː/

Fire

आग

/aːɡ/

Sun

सूरज

/suːɾədʒ/

Moon

चांद

/tʃãːd/

Star

तारा

/t̪aːra/

Mother

आमा

/aːma/

Father

बाबा

/baːba/

I

हौं

/hãũ/

You

तू

/tu/

Name

नां

/nãː/

Eye

आँख

/ãːkʰ/

Hand

हाथ

/haːtʰ/

Heart

मन

/mən/

Love

प्यार

/pjaːɾ/

Tree

रूख

/ɾuːkʰ/

House

घर

/ɡʱəɾ/

Dog

कुकर

/kukəɾ/

Cat

बिल्ली

/bilːiː/

Eat

खाणु

/kʰaːɳu/

Drink

पीणु

/piːɳu/

One

एक

/ek/

Two

दो

/d̪o/

Hello

राम राम

/ɾaːm ɾaːm/

Thank you

धन्यवाद

/dʱənjəʋaːd/

Good

भलो

/bʱəlo/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Indo-European languages

Meaning KulluiLambadiBhojpuriDotyaliHaryanviMarwariKumaoni
Water पाणी /paːɳiː/ पानी /paːniː/ पानी /paːniː/ पानी /paːniː/ पाणी /paːɳiː/ पाणी /paːɳiː/ पाणि /paːɳi/
Fire आग /aːɡ/ आग /aːɡ/ आगि /aːɡɪ/ आगो /aːɡo/ आग /aːɡ/ आग /aːɡ/ आग /aːɡ/
Sun सूरज /suːɾədʒ/ सुरज /suɾədʒ/ सूरज /suːɾədʒ/ सूर्य /suːɾjə/ सूरज /suːɾədʒ/ सूरज /suːɾədʒ/ स्यू /sjuː/
Moon चांद /tʃãːd/ चांद /tʃãːd/ चाँद /tʃãːd/ जून /dʒun/ चांद /tʃãːd/ चांद /tʃãːd/ ज्यू /dʒjuː/
Star तारा /t̪aːra/ तारो /t̪aːro/ तारा /taːɾaː/ तारा /t̪aːra/ तारा /taːɾaː/ तारो /taːro/ तारा /taːɾaː/
Mother आमा /aːma/ मा /maː/ माई /maːiː/ आमा /aːmaː/ माई /maːiː/ मा /maː/ ईजा /iːdʒaː/
Father बाबा /baːba/ बाप /baːp/ बाबू /baːbuː/ बाजी /baːdʒiː/ बापू /baːpuː/ बाप /baːp/ बाबू /baːbuː/
I हौं /hãũ/ हूं /hũː/ हम /ɦəm/ मु /mu/ मैं /mɛ̃ː/ म्हैं /mʱɛ̃/ मैं /mɛ̃ː/
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