Bilaspuri

Bilaspuri
Kahluri
๐‘š ๐‘šฎ๐‘šฅ๐‘šญ๐‘šจ๐‘šž๐‘šฑ๐‘šค๐‘šฏ, เคฌเคฟเคฒเคพเคธเคชเฅ‚เคฐเฅ€,
๐‘šŠ๐‘šฉ๐‘šฅ๐‘šฑ๐‘šค๐‘šฏ, เค•เคนเคฒเฅ‚เคฐเฅ€
Bilaspuri and Kahluri written in Takri Script
Native toIndia
RegionBilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh
Native speakers
300,000 (2011)
Devanagari, Takri
Language codes
ISO 639-3kfs
Glottologbila1253

Bilaspuri (Himachali Takri: ๐‘š ๐‘šฎ๐‘šฅ๐‘šญ๐‘šจ๐‘šž๐‘šฑ๐‘šค๐‘šฏ), or Kahluri (Takri:๐‘šŠ๐‘šฉ๐‘šฅ๐‘šฑ๐‘šค๐‘šฏ) is a Western Pahari language spoken in northern India, predominantly in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. It is associated with the people of the former princely state of Bilaspur in the Hills State.

Bilaspuri is classified as one of the varieties of the Himachali language group. According to the 2011 Census, the speakers of Bilaspuri/Kahluri are 295,805.

The dialect of the hilly part of Hoshiarpur district is also known as Pahฤแน›ฤซ (Takri: ๐‘šž๐‘šฉ๐‘šญ๐‘šช๐‘šฏ).