Kinnauri
A language of India
| Population | 63,800 (2000). |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh, Kinnaur, Lahul-Spiti districts, Chauhra to Sangla and north along Satluj River to Morang, upper Ropa River Valley villages; Shimla and Rampur area; Uttar Pradesh; Punjab; Kashmir. |
| Alternate names | Kanauri, Kanaury Anuskad, Kanawari, Kanawi, Kanoreunu Skad, Kanorin Skad, Kanorug Skadd, Kinnaura Yanuskad, Kinner, Kinori, Koonawure, Kunawari, Kunawur, Lower Kinnauri, Malhesti, Milchan, Milchanang, Milchang, Tibas Skad |
| Dialects | Dialect at Nichar has 79% inherent intelligibility of Sangla. Other varieties have functional intelligibility of each other. Related languages: Kanashi [xns], Chitkuli Kinnauri [cjk], Jangshung Tukpa [jna]. Lexical similarity: 76%–90% among varieties. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Western Himalayish, Kanauri |
| Language use | Trade language. Vigorous. 15,000 to 20,000 L2 speakers in Kinnaur District. Few also use Hindi. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 37%: men 52%, women 22%. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1909–1917. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Peasant agriculturalists; pastoralists. Hindu, Buddhist (Lamaist), traditional religion. |
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