Kinnauri language

Kinnauri
𑚊𑚝𑚦𑚤𑚮𑚎𑚨𑚶𑚊𑚛,Kanawaringskad,ཀནབརིངསྐད
Region	Himachal Pradesh
Native speakers	all Kinnauri varieties: 84,000; Kinnauri proper: about 45,000 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? West Himalayish Kanauri Kinnauri
Dialects	Sunam
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: kfk – Kinnauri proper cik – Chitkuli Kinnauri ssk – Sunam (Thebor)[citation needed] jna – Jangshung (Thebor) scu – Shumcho (Thebor)
Glottolog	kinn1250
ELP	Kinnauri
	Jangshung[2]
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Kinnauri is the most widely used language in Kinnaur. The languages have seen different nomenclatures in written literature. Kinnauri was mentioned as Kunawaree (Gerard 1842, Cunninham 1844), Kanauri (Konow 1905), Kanawari (Bailey 1909) and Kunawari (Grierson 1909).^[3] It is the language of upper caste in lower Kinnaur.^[4] It is also spoken in Moorang tehsil and, Ropa and Giabong villages in upper Kinnaur. It is a Sino-Tibetan dialect cluster centered on the Kinnaur district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

Kaike, once thought to be Kinnauri, is closer to Tamangic. Bhoti Kinnauri and Tukpa (locally called Chhoyuli) are Bodish (Lahauli–Spiti).