Kinnauri language

Kinnauri, also known as Kanauri, Kanor, Koonawur, Kanawari or Kunawar (Takri: ๐‘šŠ๐‘šฎ๐‘š๐‘šต๐‘šค๐‘šฏ/๐‘šŠ๐‘š๐‘šต๐‘šค๐‘šฏ/๐‘šŠ๐‘š๐‘šต๐‘šค/๐‘šŠ๐‘šฑ๐‘š๐‘šญ๐‘šฆ๐‘šฐ๐‘šค/๐‘šŠ๐‘šฐ๐‘š๐‘šฆ๐‘šค, Tibetan:เฝ€เฝฒเฝ“เฝฝเฝขเฝฑเฝฒ), is a Sino-Tibetan dialect cluster centered on the Kinnaur district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

Kinnauri
๐‘šŠ๐‘š๐‘šฆ๐‘šค๐‘šฎ๐‘šŽ๐‘šจ๐‘šถ๐‘šŠ๐‘š›,Kanawaringskad,เฝ€เฝ“เฝ–เฝขเฝฒเฝ„เฝฆเพเฝ‘
RegionHimachal Pradesh
Native speakers
all Kinnauri varieties: 84,000; Kinnauri proper: about 45,000 (2011 census)
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
kfk โ€“ Kinnauri proper
cik โ€“ Chitkuli Kinnauri
ssk โ€“ Sunam (Thebor)
jna โ€“ Jangshung (Thebor)
scu โ€“ Shumcho (Thebor)
Glottologkinn1250
ELPKinnauri
 Jangshung

Kaike, once thought to be Kinnauri, is closer to Tamangic. Bhoti Kinnauri and Tukpa (locally called Chhoyuli) are Bodish (Lahauliโ€“Spiti).

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