Bhateali
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| Bhateali | |
|---|---|
| भटियाली | |
| File:Bhateali.svg The word "Bhateali" written in Devanagari script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh |
Native speakers | 15,347 (2011 census)[1] |
| Takri, Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bht |
| Glottolog | bhat1263 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Bhateali, or Bhattiyali, is a Western Pahari language of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. It Is spoken majorily in the Bhattiyat division of Chamba, Dalhousie as well as Nurpur division of Kangra and hilly parts of Pathankot district of Punjab. The 2011 Indian Census counted 15,347 speakers,[1] of which 15,107 were found in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.[2]
Bhateali has sometimes been counted as a dialect of either Kangri.[3][4] It is listed under Western Pahari languages group.
It was historically written using the Takri script.
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Vowels
[edit | edit source]| Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | ||
| Close | ɪ, ʏ | iː, yː | ɨ | ɯ, ʊ | uː |
| Close-mid | eː | ə | oː | ||
| Open-mid | æː | ɔː | |||
| Open | aː | ||||
Consonants
[edit | edit source]| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ŋ | ||||
| Stop/ Affricate |
plain | p⠀b | t⠀d | ʈ⠀ɖ | tɕ⠀dʑ | k⠀ɡ | ||
| aspirated | pʰ bʱ | tʰ dʱ | ʈʰ ɖʱ | tɕʰ dʑʱ | kʰ ɡʱ | |||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||||
| Approximant | w | l | ɭ | j | ||||
| Trill | r | ɽ | ||||||
References
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