Bhateali

Bhateali
भटियाली
The word "Bhateali" written in Devanagari script
Native to	India
Region	Himachal Pradesh
Native speakers	15,347 (2011 census) [1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northern Western Pahari Bhateali
Writing system	Takri, Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bht
Glottolog	bhat1263

Bhateali, or Bhattiyali, is a Western Pahari language of Himachal Pradesh in 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 district of Punjab. The 2011 Indian Census counted 15,347 speakers, ^[1] of which 15,107 were found in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. ^[2]

Bhateali has sometimes been counted as a dialect of either Kangri. ^{[3] [4]} It is listed under Western Pahari languages group.

It was historically written using the Takri script.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front		Central	Back
short	long	short	long
Close	ɪ , ʏ	iː , yː	ɨ	ɯ , ʊ	uː
Close-mid		eː	ə		oː
Open-mid		æː			ɔː
Open			aː

Consonants

		Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ɳ		ŋ
Stop/ Affricate	plain	p ⠀ b	t ⠀ d		ʈ ⠀ ɖ	tɕ ⠀ dʑ	k ⠀ ɡ
	aspirated	pʰ bʱ	tʰ dʱ		ʈʰ ɖʱ	tɕʰ dʑʱ	kʰ ɡʱ
Fricative				s				h
Approximant		w	l		ɭ	j
Trill			r		ɽ

References

1. "India - C-16: Population by mother tongue, Himachal Pradesh - 2011". censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2022-07-31. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
2. "2011 Census District level statistics" . Retrieved 26 March 2023.
3. Verbeke, Saartje (2017-11-27). Argument structure in Kashmiri: Form and Function of Pronominal Suffixation. BRILL. ISBN   978-90-04-34678-9.
4. Tiwari, Dr Siyaram. Bhartiya Bhashaon Ki Pahchan (in Hindi). Vani Prakashan. ISBN   978-93-5229-677-4.