Kinnauri, Chitkuli
A language of India
| Population | 1,060 (1998). |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh, Kinnaur District, Nichar Subdivision, Sangla Valley, Baspa River area, Chitkul, Rakchham villages. |
| Alternate names | Chitkhuli, Chitkuli, Kanauri, Kinnauri, Thebarskad, TsÃhuli, Tsitkhuli |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 46% with Kinnauri [kfk], 51% with Jangshung [jna], 43% with Shumcho [scu], 38% with Sunam [ssk]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Western Himalayish, Kanauri |
| Language use | Also use Kinnauri [kfk]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Grammar. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Pastoralists; peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Hindu, Buddhist (Lamaist). |
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