Kanashi
A language of India
| Population | 1,400 (Chauhan 2002). |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh, Kullu District, Kullu Tahsil, glen of Bios Valley, Malana (Malani) village area. |
| Alternate names | Kanasi, Malani |
| Dialects | No intelligibility with any Tibeto-Burman languages of Lahul-Spiti and Kinnaur (Chauhan). |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Western Himalayish, Kanauri |
| Comments | Surrounded by Indo-Aryan languages. Malana village has the oldest surviving democracy in the world. They practice their own parliamentary form of government. Hindu. |
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