Churahi
A language of India
| Population | 111,000 (1991 census). |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh, Chamba District, Chaurah and Saluni tahsils, Bhalai Sub-tahsil. |
| Alternate names | Chaurahi, Churahi Pahari, Churai Pahari |
| Dialects | 90% intelligibility with Mandeali [mjl], 83% with Kangri, 85% with Chambeali [cdh]. Lexical similarity: 78% with Chambeali (most similar), 70% with Palampuri Kangri [xnr] and Bhattiyali [bht], 67%–69% with Gaddi [gbk], 65% with Mandeali and Bilaspuri [kfs], 64% with Pangi. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northern zone, Western Pahari |
| Language use | All ages. Also use Hindi, Panjabi [pan], or Urdu [urd]. |
| Comments | SOV; postpositions; genitives after noun heads; adjectives, numerals before noun heads; question word initial; verb suffixes mark person, number, gender of subject. Agriculturalists: rice, maize millet, wheat, barley. Hindu. |
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