Kinnauri, Bhoti
A language of India
| Population | 6,790 (2000 USCWM). |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh, Kinnaur District, Morang Tahsil, upper Kinnauri Sutlej River basin where it becomes Spiti River, Morang Tahsil, Nesang village, Puh Tahsil, Puh village. Possibly in Kuno, Charang villages. |
| Alternate names | Bhotea of Upper Kinnauri, Bod-Skad, Bud-Kat, Myamkat, Myamskad, Nyamkat, Nyamskad, Puh, Sangyas, Sangs-Rgyas |
| Dialects | May be more than 1 language. Lexical similarity: 71% with Tukpa [tpq], 63% with Mane village, 59% with Darcha village, 54% with Tibetan [bod]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Western Himalayish, Kanauri |
| Language development | Grammar. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Pastoralists; peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Hindu, Buddhist (Lamaist). |
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