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Chinali (natively called Chinalbhashe, Takri: 𑚏𑚮𑚝𑚥𑚯 or 𑚏𑚮𑚝𑚥𑚡𑚭𑚋𑚲) is an unclassified language of India. Many speakers are well educated,.[1] Speakers are distributed throughout Lahul (or Lahaul) Valley.[2]
It is spoken by around 750+ people.[3]
Scripts
The language has been strictly oral. Devanagari script is used for modern times. Takri script is speculated to be a native script.
Phonology
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Retroflex | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | |
| Stop | voiceless | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | |
| aspirated | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | ||
| voiced | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | ||
| breathy | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | ||
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | t͡ʃ | |||
| aspirated | t͡sʰ | t͡ʃʰ | ||||
| voiced | d͡z | d͡ʒ | ||||
| breathy | d͡ʒʱ | |||||
| Semi vowels | Template:IPA | |||||
| Spirants | unvoiced | s | ʃ | ʂ | x | |
| voiced | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | ||||
| Vibrant | r | ɽ | ||||
| Lateral | l | ɭ | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near-close/high | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | |
| mid higher | Template:IPA | Template:IPA | |
| Near-open | Template:IPA | Template:IPA |