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- ↑ Mahajan 2018; Ashiqehind 2018. Some Muslim communities are speakers of Gojri or Watali.
- 1 2 "Folk Songs of Saraz in Chenab Valley". Sahapedia. 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ↑ Hassan, Tahir (2023-05-15). "Musical night under Nasha Mukt Bharat held in Doda". JK News Today. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ↑ Grierson 1919, p. 433.
- ↑ Kaul 2006 , pp. 158–166; Ashiqehind 2018, "Sarazi should be classed as a Western Pahari language. It would still make a very aberrant member of the group."
- ↑ Wali & Koul 1996 , p. xii; a recent example is in Bhat & Niaz 2014 , p. 292.
