Chinali language

Chinali
Chinali
𑚏𑚮𑚝𑚥𑚡𑚭𑚋𑚲 Chinalbhashe
Native to	Himachal Pradesh
Region	Chandra and Chandrabhaga Valley
Ethnicity	Chinali[citation needed]
Native speakers	215 (2016)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan (unclassified) Chinali–Lahul Chinali; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cih
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]

^ ^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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[e25-1] Chinali at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[International_Encyclopedia_of_Linguistics_Vol._1-2] "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)

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