| Tinani | |
|---|---|
| Rangloi | |
| Lahuli | |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh, Tibet |
Native speakers | (23,000 in India cited 2001)[1] 450 in China (1977) |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lbf |
| Glottolog | tina1246 |
Tinani (Tinan) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and in western Tibet.
Tinani is spoken in the lower Chandra, Tinan, and Rangloi valleys of Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh (Ethnologue). Gondhla is main village.
References[edit | edit source]
- ā Tinani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Francke, August Hermann (1909), "Tabellen der Pronomina und Verba in den drei Sprachen Lahoul's: Bunan, Manchad und Tinan", Zeitschrift der Deutschen MorgenlƤndischen Gesellschaft, 63: 65ā97
- Singh, Jag Deva (1989), "Lahauli verb inflection", Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 12: 41ā49
- Sharma, D. D. (1992), "Tinani", Tribal Languages of Himachal Pradesh: Part One, New Delhi: Mittal Publications, pp. 111ā186
- Chamberlain, Brad; Chamberlain, Wendy (2019), A Sociolinguistic Survey of Lahul Valley, Himachal Pradesh (PDF), Dallas: SIL International, retrieved 2023-02-09