Chinali language
| Chinali | |
|---|---|
| 𑚏𑚮𑚝𑚥𑚡𑚭𑚋𑚲 Chinalbhashe | |
| Native to | Himachal Pradesh |
| Region | Chandra and Chandrabhaga Valley |
| Ethnicity | Chinali[source?] |
Native speakers | 215 (2016)e25 |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cih |
Chinali (native: Chinalbhashe)[source?] is an unclassified, and critically endangered language of India spoken by about 220 people. Many speakers are well educated. Speakers are distributed throughout Lahul (or Lahaul) Valley. Chinali uses the Devanagari script to be written. It's also very possible that Chinali is closely related to Sanskrit.[1]
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Retroflex | Velar/ Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ɳ | ŋ | |
| Stop | voiceless | p | t̪ | ʈ | k | |
| aspirated | pʰ | t̪ʰ | ʈʰ | kʰ | ||
| voiced | b | d̪ | ɖ | ɡ | ||
| breathy | bʱ | d̪ʱ | ɖʱ | ɡʱ | ||
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | t͡ʃ | |||
| aspirated | t͡sʰ | t͡ʃʰ | ||||
| voiced | d͡z | d͡ʒ | ||||
| breathy | d͡ʒʱ | |||||
| Semi vowels | w | |||||
| Spirants | unvoiced | s | ʃ | ʂ | x | |
| voiced | z | ɦ | ||||
| Vibrant | r | ɽ | ||||
| Lateral | l | ɭ | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near-close/high | iː | uː | |
| mid higher | ɛ ɛː | ɔ | |
| Near-open | ɐ ɐː ɐ̃ː | a aː |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Chamberlain, Brad, Wendy (August 2019). "A Sociolinguistic Survey of Lahul Valley, Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). SIL International: 10.
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