Pangwali
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A language of India
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Pahari, Pangi, Pangwali Pahari
Population
17,000 (1997).
Location
Himachal Pradesh, Chamba district, Pangi tahsil, Lahul-Spiti district, Udaipur on Chenab (Chandra-Bhaga) river to Chamba border at Purthi, possibly from Tandi to Sach Pass; Jammu and Kashmir, Doda district.
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Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Dialects
64% inherent intelligibility of Mandeali [mjl], 52% of Kangri [xnr], 44% of Chambeali [cdh], 50% of Bhadrawahi [bhd]; some dialect variation throughout the valley in Chamba District; Purthi reportedly most divergent. Lexical similarity: 55% with Hindi [hin], 77% with Kullu Pahari [kfx]; 45% with Bhadrawahi [bhd].
Language Use
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 9% men, 1% women. In 1981, 9% of the men had a 5th grade education, 1% of the women; 3% of the men had an 8th grade education, fewer than 1% of the women. Poetry. Radio programs.
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Writing
Devanagari script [Deva].
A Scheduled Tribe. Hindu.