Chinali language

"Chinali" redirects here. For the Chinese-Indian sailor, see Kunjali Marakkar.
Chinali
𑚏𑚮𑚝𑚥𑚡𑚭𑚋𑚲 Chinalbhashe
Native toHimachal Pradesh
RegionChandra and Chandrabhaga Valley
EthnicityChinali
Native speakers
215 (2016)
Language codes
ISO 639-3cih
Glottologchin1475
For a list of words relating to Chinali language, see the Chinali language category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Chinali (natively called Chinalbhashe) is an unclassified, and critically endangered language of India spoken by about 220 people. Many speakers are well educated. Speakers are distributed throughout Lahul (or Lahaul) Valley. It is written in the Devanagari script. It is possible that Chinali is also closely related to Sanskrit.

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