Chinali language

Chinali (natively called Chinalbhashe, Takri: 𑚏𑚮𑚝𑚥𑚯 or 𑚏𑚮𑚝𑚥𑚡𑚭𑚋𑚲) is an unclassified language of India. Many speakers are well educated,[1] and say that their language is "closely related" to Sanskrit.[3] Speakers are distributed throughout Lahul (or Lahaul) Valley.[3]

Chinali
𑚏𑚮𑚝𑚥𑚡𑚭𑚋𑚲 Chinalbhashe
Native toHimachal Pradesh
RegionChandra and Chandrabhaga Valley
EthnicityChinali
Native speakers
1000 (2016)[1]
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3cih
Glottologchin1475[2]

It is spoken by around 750+ people.[4]

Scripts

The language has been strictly oral. Devanagari script is used for modern times. Takri script is speculated to be a native scripts.

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References
  1. Chinali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Chinali". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. "Indo-Aryan Languages", "International Encyclopedia of Linguistics Vol. 1" edited by W. J. Frawley.
  4. "Chinali". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
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