Gujari

No — separate Indo-Aryan languages despite the similar names. Gujarati is the language of Gujarat in western India. Gujari is the language of Gujjar communities scattered across northern Pakistan, northern India, and Afghanistan, with deep ties to Rajasthani and other northwestern Indo-Aryan languages. The Gujjar people are themselves a distinct ethnic-pastoralist group, and 'Gujari' refers to their heritage language.

Across the Pir Panjal mountain range and the surrounding region — northern Pakistan (parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan), Indian-administered Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, parts of Punjab and Haryana, and pockets in Afghanistan. The Gujjar communities are historically transhumant pastoralists whose annual migration patterns spread the language over a wider geographic range than most settled language communities.

Both Perso-Arabic (in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir) and Devanagari (in India) are used, depending on regional context and educational background. Gujari has limited published literature compared to scheduled Indian languages, with most written materials being religious texts, traditional songs, and recent revival publications.

Limited. India recognizes Gojri (the alternate spelling) as a recognized regional language in Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan does not formally recognize Gujari among its national languages. Movement for greater official representation has been ongoing in both countries, particularly in Kashmir where Gujjars form a substantial minority.

Variable. In some communities — especially urban Gujjar populations who have shifted toward Hindi, Urdu, or Punjabi for inter-ethnic communication — Gujari transmission has weakened. Rural pastoralist communities maintain stronger Gujari use, but pressures from formal education in dominant languages put the language under steady pressure across most of its range.