Bhateali Explained

Bhateali
Nativename:भटियाली
States:India
Region:Himachal Pradesh
Date:2011 census
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Indo-Aryan
Fam4:Northern
Fam5:Western Pahari
Iso3:bht
Glotto:bhat1263
Glottorefname:Bhattiyali
Script:Takri, Devanagari

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cenus 2011. 26 March 2023.
  2. Web site: 2011 Census District level statistics. 26 March 2023.
  3. Book: Verbeke, Saartje. Argument structure in Kashmiri: Form and Function of Pronominal Suffixation. 2017-11-27. BRILL. 978-90-04-34678-9. en.
  4. Book: Tiwari, Dr Siyaram. Bhartiya Bhashaon Ki Pahchan. Vani Prakashan. 978-93-5229-677-4. hi.
  5. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/soas/frontmatter/abbreviations.html. xii.
  6. Web site: India - LANGUAGE (PAPER 1 OF 2018)-CENSUS OF INDIA 2011. censusindia.gov.in. 26 March 2023.