Chambeali

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Chambeali is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Chamba region of Himachal Pradesh in northern India.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chambeali canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language
belongsTo Northern Indo-Aryan languages
surface form: Northern Indo-Aryan subgroup
closelyRelatedTo Bilaspuri
Kangri
Mandeali
Other Western Pahari varieties
country India
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Chamba Pahari
Chambiali
Chamiyali
hasDialects varieties within Chamba district
hasGlottocode cham1313
hasGlottologName Chambeali self-link
hasISO639-3Code cdh
hasMorphologicalFeature ergative alignment in past transitive constructions
postpositions
hasPhonologicalFeature aspirated stops
retroflex consonants
hasSpeakerCommunity Hindu majority
hasUsageDomain folk songs and oral traditions
home and local markets
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
languageOf Chamba town and surrounding valleys
minorityLanguageIn Himachal Pradesh
nativeTo Himalayan region of northern India
oftenClassifiedAs dialect of Western Pahari
oftenMisclassifiedAs dialect of Hindi
partOf Western Pahari language
surface form: Western Pahari dialect continuum
primaryWordOrder SOV
recognizedAs distinct language in some linguistic classifications
region Chamba district
surface form: Chamba region
spokenBy Chambeali people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Chamba district
Himachal Pradesh
India
subclassOf Western Pahari language
subjectOf sociolinguistic surveys in Himachal Pradesh
usedAlongside Hindi
Pahari varieties of Himachal Pradesh
usedFor everyday communication in rural areas of Chamba
writingSystem Devanagari script
Takri script

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kangri closelyRelatedTo Chambeali
Chambeali hasGlottologName Chambeali self-link