Chinali language
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| Chinali | |
|---|---|
| chinali | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh |
Native speakers | 750 (1996)[1] |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cih |
| Glottolog | chin1475[2] |
Chinali 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]
Chanali is also known as Chana, Channali, [4] It is spoken by around 750+ people.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Chinali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Chinali". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ a b "Indo-Aryan Languages", "International Encyclopedia of Linguistics Vol. 1" edited by W. J. Frawley.
- ^ "Chinali". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- ^ "Chinali". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
