For the language spoken in Azad Kashmir, see Pothohari dialect.The Pahari languages (from पहाड़ी (Devanagari) (پہاڈی)(Urdu) from pahar 'mountain') are a geographic group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the lower ranges of the Himalayas, from Nepal in the east, through the Indian states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, to Azad Kashmir and Murree in Pakistan. They are usually written in the Devanagari and Persio-Arabic) scripts.