Bhateali

Bhateali
Bhateali
𑚡𑚔𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯, भटियाली ; bhaṭṭiyālī
	Bhateali written in Takri Script
Native to	India
Region	Himachal Pradesh et alia
Native speakers	24,000 (2011 census)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western Western Pahari Bhateali; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Takri, Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bht
Glottolog	bhat1263

Bhateali (or Bhattiyali; Takri: 𑚡𑚔𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯) is a Western Pahari dialect of India. The 2011 Indian Census counted 23,970 speakers of Bhateali (enumerated under Punjabi),^[1] of which 15,107 were found in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.^[2] In reality, Bhattiyali is a dialect of Dogri language.^[3]^[4]The language is native to Bhattiyat Tehsil of Chamba district.

Script[edit]

The native script of this language is Takri

Specimen in Bhatteali language

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Cenus 2011
↑ 2011 Census District level statistics
↑ Verbeke, Saartje (2017-11-27). Argument structure in Kashmiri: Form and Function of Pronominal Suffixation. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-34678-9.
↑ Tiwari, Dr Siyaram. Bhartiya Bhashaon Ki Pahchan (in हिन्दी). Vani Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-5229-677-4.

[census-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Cenus 2011

[2] 2011 Census District level statistics

[3] Verbeke, Saartje (2017-11-27). Argument structure in Kashmiri: Form and Function of Pronominal Suffixation. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-34678-9.

[4] Tiwari, Dr Siyaram. Bhartiya Bhashaon Ki Pahchan (in हिन्दी). Vani Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-5229-677-4.

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