Bhateali

Bhateali
भटियाली
The word "Bhateali" written in Devanagari script
Native to	India
Region	Himachal Pradesh
Native speakers	24,000 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northern Western Pahari Bhateali
Writing system	Takri, Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bht
Glottolog	bhat1263

Bhateali, or Bhattiyali, is a Western Pahari language of 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 Also. The 2011 Indian Census counted 23,970 speakers,^[1] of which 15,107 were found in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.^[2]

Bhateali has sometimes been counted as dialect of either Dogri^[3][4] or Punjabi.^[5] It is listed under Punjabi in the 2011 Census - India.^[6]

It was historically written using the Takri script.

References

1. "Cenus 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
2. "2011 Census District level statistics". Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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 Hindi). Vani Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-5229-677-4.
5. Ralph Lilley Turner (1985), A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, p. xii, Wikidata Q115652507
6. "India - LANGUAGE (PAPER 1 OF 2018)-CENSUS OF INDIA 2011". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 26 March 2023.