Chinali (natively called Chinalbhashe) is an unclassified language of India spoken by about 220 people. Many speakers are well educated.
Speakers are distributed throughout Lahul (or
Lahaul
The Lahaul and Spiti district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh consists of the two formerly separate districts of Lahaul () and Spiti (; or ). The present administrative centre is Kyelang in Lahaul. Before the two districts were merged, ...
) Valley.
["Indo-Aryan Languages", "International Encyclopedia of Linguistics Vol. 1" edited by W. J. Frawley.] It is written in
Denavagari.
Phonology
References
External links
The Chinali language documentation project at SPPEL
{{Indo-Aryan languages, state=collapsed
Unclassified Indo-Aryan languages
Languages of Himachal Pradesh
Endangered languages of India