Bhateali
| Bhateali | |
|---|---|
| भटियाली | |
 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 |
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]Vowels
[edit]| 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]| 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
[edit]- ^ a b "India - C-16: Population by mother tongue, Himachal Pradesh - 2011". censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2022-07-31. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
- ^ "2011 Census District level statistics". Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ 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 Hindi). Vani Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-5229-677-4.