The first comprehensive descriptive grammar of the understudied Indo-Aryan Pahari language, Gaddi.

A Grammar of Gaddi is the first long-form descriptive grammar of the Pahari Indo-Aryan language, Gaddi (also called Bharmauri), spoken by the Gaddi people, a traditionally pastoral community in India. The volume presents a meticulous linguistic analysis of Gaddi, showcasing its phonemic inventory, phonotactics, syllable structure, and its phonological and morpho-phonological processes.

Preeti Kumari is assistant professor at SRM University, Andhra Pradesh. Shreya Mehta is a temporary assistant professor at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. Anjali Nair is an independent researcher and a resource person at Pagdandi Collective, a Delhi-based education group. Anusuya Nayak is assistant professor of English at Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar. Yangchen Roy is a postdoctoral researcher at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Vyom Sharma is an English language instructor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Publisher's note
List of figures
List of tables
List of abbreviations
Foreword
Acknowledgements

1 The Gaddis and their language
2 Phonetics and phonology
3 Major word classes
4 Morphosyntax
5 Clause types

Appendix I: Phonemic inventory of Gaddi
Appendix II: Basic word list of Gaddi
Appendix III: Numerals in Gaddi
References
Index