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Chinali language

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Chinali
Native toIndia
RegionHimachal Pradesh
Native speakers
(750 cited 1996)[1]
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3cih
Glottologchin1475

Chinali is an unclassified language of India. Many speakers are well educated,[1] and say that their language is "closely related" to Sanskrit.[2] Speakers are distributed throughout Lahul (or Lahaul) Valley.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Chinali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b "Indo-Aryan Languages", "International Encyclopedia of Linguistics Vol. 1" edited by W. J. Frawley.