Kinnauri language
Sino-Tibetan dialect cluster centered on Himachal Pradesh, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Kinnauri | |
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𑚊𑚝𑚦𑚤𑚮𑚎𑚨𑚶𑚊𑚛,Kanawaringskad,ཀནབརིངསྐད | |
Region | Himachal Pradesh |
Native speakers | all Kinnauri varieties: 84,000; Kinnauri proper: about 45,000 (2011 census)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | Variously:kfk – Kinnauri propercik – Chitkuli Kinnaurissk – Sunam (Thebor)[citation needed]jna – Jangshung (Thebor)scu – Shumcho (Thebor) |
Glottolog | kinn1250 |
ELP | Kinnauri |
Jangshung[2] | |
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Kaike, once thought to be Kinnauri, is closer to Tamangic. Bhoti Kinnauri and Tukpa (locally called Chhoyuli) are Bodish (Lahauli–Spiti).