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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > India > Chinali

Chinali

A language of India

ISO 639-3cih

Population  750 (1996).
Region  Himachal Pradesh, Lahul Valley, Pattan Valley, Gushal village.
Alternate names   Chana, Channali, Chinal, Dagi, Harijan, Shipi
Dialects  Closely related to Sanskrit [san].
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Unclassified
Writing system  Devanagari script.
Comments  Spoken by the Chinal caste. Many are well educated. Hindu.