The Palpa language of Nepal together with the Nepali language according to the SIL Ethnologue forms the Eastern subgroup of the Pahari languages. There is also Kumauni (Central Pahari) influence, and Palpa has also been classified as either a Nepali or a Kumauni dialect.
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Indo-Iranian languages |
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Dhanwar · Hindi (Dialects: Awadhi, Bagheli, Bambaiya Hindi, Brij Bhasha, Bundeli, Chhattisgarhi, Fiji Hindi, Haryanvi, Kannauji, Sansiboli, Early forms: Sadhukaddi) · Urdu (Dialect: Dakhni, Early forms: Rekhta)
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Eastern
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Northwestern
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Southern
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Western
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Modern
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Western
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Old Azari† · Baluchi · Bashkardi · Caspian · Central Iran · Dari (Zoroastrian) · Fars · Gilaki · Gorani · Harzani · Juhuri · Kumzari · Kurdish (Dialects: Kermanshahi, Kurmanji, Sorani) · Laki · Luri · Bakhtiari Lori · Mazandarani (Dialect: Gorgani) · Ormuri · Sangiseri · Parachi · Persian (Varieties: Aimaq, Bukhori, Dari, Dehwari, Dzhidi, Hazaragi, Iranian Persian, Judeo-Shirazi, Khuzestani, Larestani, Tajik) · Semnani · Taleshi · Tajik · Tat · Tati · Zazaki
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Eastern
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Unclassified
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| Legend: † Extinct language (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant) |
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