| Chinali | |
| Nativename: | Chinalbhashe |
| States: | Himachal Pradesh |
| Region: | Chandra and Chandrabhaga Valley |
| Ethnicity: | Chinali |
| Speakers: | 215 |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Indo-European |
| Fam2: | Indo-Iranian |
| Fam3: | Indo-Aryan |
| Fam4: | (unclassified) |
| Fam5: | Chinali–Lahul |
| Iso3: | cih |
| Glotto: | chin1475 |
| Glottorefname: | Chinali |
Chinali (natively called Chinalbhashe) is an unclassified, and critically endangered language of India spoken by about 220 people. Many speakers are well educated. Speakers are distributed throughout Lahul (or Lahaul) Valley.[1] It uses Devanagari to be written. It's very possible that Chinali is also closely related to Sanskrit.[2]
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| aspirated | pronounced as /pʰ/ | pronounced as /t̪ʰ/ | pronounced as /ʈʰ/ | pronounced as /kʰ/ | |||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| breathy | pronounced as /bʱ/ | pronounced as /d̪ʱ/ | pronounced as /ɖʱ/ | pronounced as /ɡʱ/ | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| aspirated | pronounced as /t͡sʰ/ | pronounced as /t͡ʃʰ/ | |||||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| breathy | pronounced as /d͡ʒʱ/ | ||||||
| Semi vowels | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Spirants | unvoiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Vibrant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Near-close/high | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mid higher | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Near-open | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |