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 is written in the Devanagari script.[1] It is possible that Chinali is also closely related to Sanskrit.[3]
| Chinali | |
|---|---|
| 饝殢饝毊饝殱饝殽饝殹饝毉饝殝饝毑 Chinalbhashe | |
| Native to | Himachal Pradesh |
| Region | Chandra and Chandrabhaga Valley |
| Ethnicity | Chinali[citation needed] |
Native speakers | 215 (2016)[1] |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cih |
| Glottolog | chin1475 |
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Phonology
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Retroflex | Velar/ Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | 刹 | 沙 | 艐 | |
| Stop | voiceless | p | t酞 | 蕡 | k | |
| aspirated | p拾 | t酞拾 | 蕡拾 | k拾 | ||
| voiced | b | d酞 | 蓶 | 伞 | ||
| breathy | b时 | d酞时 | 蓶时 | 伞时 | ||
| Affricate | voiceless | t汀s | t汀蕛 | |||
| aspirated | t汀s拾 | t汀蕛拾 | ||||
| voiced | d汀z | d汀蕭 | ||||
| breathy | d汀蕭时 | |||||
| Semi vowels | w | |||||
| Spirants | unvoiced | s | 蕛 | 蕚 | x | |
| voiced | z | 搔 | ||||
| Vibrant | r | 山 | ||||
| Lateral | l | 森 | ||||
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