Unclassified language of India
Chinali |
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𑚏𑚮𑚝𑚥𑚡𑚭𑚋𑚲 Chinalbhashe |
Native to | Himachal Pradesh |
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Region | Chandra and Chandrabhaga Valley |
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Ethnicity | Chinali[citation needed] |
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Native speakers | 215 (2016)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | cih |
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Glottolog | chin1475 |
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Chinali (natively called Chinalbhashe)[citation needed] is an unclassified, and critically endangered language of India spoken by about 220 people. Many speakers are well educated.[1] Speakers are distributed throughout Lahul (or Lahaul) Valley.[2] It uses Devanagari to be written.[1] It's very possible that Chinali is also closely related to Sanskrit.[3]
Phonology
Vowels[4] | Front | Central | Back |
Near-close/high | iː | | uː |
mid higher | ɛ ɛː | | ɔ |
Near-open | | ɐ ɐː ɐ̃ː | a aː |
References
- ^ a b c Chinali at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Indo-Aryan Languages", "International Encyclopedia of Linguistics Vol. 1" edited by W. J. Frawley.
- ^ Chamberlain, Brad, Wendy (August 2019). "A Sociolinguistic Survey of Lahul Valley, Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). SIL International: 10.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b A Descriptive Grammar & Vocabulary of Chinali, Dr. D.D. Sharma
External links
- The Chinali language documentation project at SPPEL
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