Though this programme has a particular focus on these areas, it extends to the whole of Pakistan. Gojri Bahali Programme (Gojri Revival Programme) has been launched in these areas to encourage Gujjars to restart speaking Gujari.
However, due to the revolution of time, the majority of them have forgotten or stopped speaking Gujrai. In lower or plain areas of Pakistan, Gujjars have a major concentration in districts like Islamabad, Attock, Rawalpindi, Chakwal, Jhelum, Gujrat, Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Sheikhupura, Lahore and Layyah. In Pakistan administered Kashmir, the Gujari Academy has been established and postgraduate studies departments were set up in various universities and regional research centers. The University of Jammu Council approved the opening of Gojri Research Centre in Jammu and University of Kashmir that have been awarded doctorate degrees on completing research projects on the language.
Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education made curriculum in Gujari up to Middle Standard for teaching Gujari in schools. for the development of the Gujari Language. They organized seminars, conferences, etc. The Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Arts, Culture and Languages established a Gujari Department in its Central Office in the 1970s and published in Gujari. The National Academy of Letters, Sahitya Akademi, recognized Gujari as one of the major Indian languages for its National Award, Bhasha Samman, and other programmes. Books have been published in Gujari, including encyclopedias, poetry, fiction and non-fiction, on topics including dictionaries, grammars, nature, folklore, art and architecture, agriculture, sociology and research. Radio Kashmir Jammu, Srinagar, Poonch in India and seven Radio Stations of Pakistan and PTV air Gujari programmes and news bulletins accepted across Jammu and Kashmir. Others such as Mian Nizam ud Din, Khuda Bakhsh Zar, Zabih Rajourvi, Shams ud Din Mehjoor Poonchi, Mian Bashir Ahmed, Javaid Rahi, Rafiq Anjum, Milki Ram Kushan, Sarwari Kassana, Naseem Poonchi have also made remarkable contributions to Gujari through poetry, prose and criticism.Īll India Radio and Doordarshan Kendra run various Gujari programmes. Ī modern tradition of creative writing encompasses poets such as Sain Qadar Bakhsh, Noon Poonchi, and others. Hundreds of folk songs have been recorded and published, including "Nooro", "Tajo", "Nura Beguma", "Shupiya", "Kunjhdi", "Mariyan".
Gujari folklore is very large, including songs, ballads and folktales, known as Dastans. It is also spoken in two provinces in southeastern Afghanistan. A number of organisations and institutions in Pakistan work for the development of Gujari, including a Gujari-language news channel. In Pakistan, the language is understood by Gujjars across the country and is spoken in upper or hilly areas including the Hazara, Malakand and Peshawar divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Grierson in the first Linguistic Survey of India catagoriesd Gujari language under Western Pahari group of Languages. Īs per classfication of languages of British India, G.A. The government of Jammu and Kashmir has recognized Gujari by including it in the sixth schedule of the state constitution. The language is mainly spoken in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Delhi and other parts of India. Gurjari (गुर्जरी, گُوجَری), also known as Gujari, Gujri, Gojari, or Gojri, is a variety of Rajasthani spoken by the Gurjars and other tribes of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.