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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Western Pahari language of northern India}}<br />
{{Infobox language<br />
| name = Bhateali<br />
| nativename = भटियाली<br />
| states = [[India]]<br />
| region = [[Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
| speakers = 15,347 ([[2011 census of India|2011 census]])<br />
| date = <br />
| ref = <ref name=":0" /><br />
| familycolor = Indo-European<br />
| fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]<br />
| fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]<br />
| fam4 = [[Northern Indo-Aryan languages|Northern]]<br />
| fam5 = [[Western Pahari]]<br />
| iso3 = bht<br />
| glotto = bhat1263<br />
| glottorefname = Bhattiyali<br />
| image = Bhateali.svg<br />
| script = [[Takri script|Takri]], [[Devanagari]]<br />
| imagecaption = The word "Bhateali" written in Devanagari script<br />
}}<br />
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'''Bhateali''', or '''Bhattiyali''', is a [[Western Pahari|Western Pahari language]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]] in northern India. It Is spoken majorily in the [[Bhattiyat Assembly constituency|Bhattiyat division]] of [[Chamba district|Chamba]], [[Dalhousie, India|Dalhousie]] as well as [[Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh|Nurpur division]] of [[Kangra district|Kangra]] and hilly parts of [[Pathankot district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. The 2011 Indian Census counted ''15,347'' speakers,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=India - C-16: Population by mother tongue, Himachal Pradesh - 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10205 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731143754/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10205 |archive-date=2022-07-31 |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=censusindia.gov.in |url-status=live }}</ref> of which 15,107 were found in [[Chamba district]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html|title=2011 Census District level statistics|accessdate=26 March 2023}}</ref><br />
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Bhateali has sometimes been counted as a dialect of either [[Kangri language|Kangri]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Verbeke|first=Saartje|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aoJ1DwAAQBAJ&q=bhattiyali+dialect&pg=PA163|title=Argument structure in Kashmiri: Form and Function of Pronominal Suffixation|date=2017-11-27|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-34678-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Tiwari|first=Dr Siyaram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ak87DwAAQBAJ&q=bhatiyali++Dogri&pg=PA197|title=Bhartiya Bhashaon Ki Pahchan|publisher=Vani Prakashan|isbn=978-93-5229-677-4|language=hi}}</ref> It is listed under Western Pahari languages group.<br />
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It was historically written using the [[Takri script]].<br />
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== Phonology ==<br />
=== Vowels ===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center<br />
!rowspan=2|<br />
!colspan=2| [[Front vowel|Front]]<br />
! rowspan=2 | [[Central vowel|Central]]<br />
! colspan="2" | [[Back vowel|Back]]<br />
|- class=small<br />
|- class=small<br />
! [[Short vowel|short]]<br />
! [[Long vowel|long]]<br />
! short<br />
! long<br />
|-<br />
! [[Close vowel|Close]]<br />
|{{IPA link|ɪ}}, {{IPA link|ʏ}}<br />
| {{IPA link|iː}}, {{IPA link|yː}}<br />
| {{IPA link|ɨ}}<br />
|{{IPA link|ɯ}}, {{IPA link|ʊ}}<br />
| {{IPA link|uː}}<br />
|-<br />
! [[Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]<br />
|<br />
| {{IPA link|eː}}<br />
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|ə}}<br />
|<br />
| {{IPA link|oː}}<br />
|-<br />
! [[Open-mid vowel|Open-mid]]<br />
|<br />
| {{IPA link|æː}}<br />
|<br />
| {{IPA link|ɔː}}<br />
|-<br />
! [[Open vowel|Open]]<br />
| colspan=2|<br />
| {{IPA link|ä|aː}}<br />
| colspan=2| <br />
|}<br />
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=== Consonants ===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center<br />
! colspan=2|<br />
! [[Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]]<br />
! [[Dental consonant|Dental]]<br />
! [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]<br />
! [[Retroflex consonant|Retroflex]]<br />
! [[Postalveolar consonant|Post-alv.]]/<br />[[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]<br />
! [[Velar consonant|Velar]]<br />
! [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]<br />
|-<br />
! colspan=2| [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]<br />
| {{IPA link|m}}<br />
| {{IPA link|n̪|n}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|ɳ}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|ŋ}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan=2| [[Stop consonant|Stop]]/<br />[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]<br />
! {{small|plain}}<br />
| {{IPA link|p}}⠀{{IPA link|b}}<br />
| {{IPA link|t̪|t}}⠀{{IPA link|d̪|d}}<br />
|<br />
| {{IPA link|ʈ}}⠀{{IPA link|ɖ}}<br />
| {{IPA link|tɕ}}⠀{{IPA link|dʑ}}<br />
| {{IPA link|k}}⠀{{IPA link|ɡ}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! {{small|[[Aspirated consonant|aspirated]]}}<br />
| {{IPA link|pʰ}} {{IPA link|bʱ}}<br />
| {{IPA link|tʰ}} {{IPA link|dʱ}}<br />
|<br />
| {{IPA link|ʈʰ}} {{IPA link|ɖʱ}}<br />
| {{IPA link|tɕʰ}} {{IPA link|dʑʱ}}<br />
| {{IPA link|kʰ}} {{IPA link|ɡʱ}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! colspan=2| [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
| {{IPA link|s}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
| {{IPA link|h}}<br />
|-<br />
! colspan=2| [[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]<br />
|{{IPA link|w}}<br />
| {{IPA link|l̪|l}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|ɭ}}<br />
| {{IPA link|j}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! colspan=2| [[Trill consonant|Trill]]<br />
|<br />
| {{IPA link|r̪|r}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|ɽ}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
{{Indo-Aryan languages}}<br />
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[[Category:Languages of India]]<br />
[[Category:Northern Indo-Aryan languages]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Languages written in Devanagari]]</div>
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