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Chinali language

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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

References

  1. ^ a b c Chinali at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Indo-Aryan Languages", "International Encyclopedia of Linguistics Vol. 1" edited by W. J. Frawley.
  3. ^ Chamberlain, Brad, Wendy (August 2019). "A Sociolinguistic Survey of Lahul Valley, Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). SIL International: 10.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b A Descriptive Grammar & Vocabulary of Chinali, Dr. D.D. Sharma

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