Tinani language

Tinani
Tinani
Rangloi
Lahuli
Region	Himachal Pradesh, Tibet
Native speakers	(23,000 in India cited 2001); 450 in China (1977)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? West Himalayish Lahaulic Tinani; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lbf
Glottolog	tina1246
ELP	Tinani

Last updated January 02, 2026

Tinani (Tinan) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and in western Tibet.

Tinani is spoken in the lower Chandra, Tinan, and Rangloi valleys of Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh (Ethnologue). Gondhla is main village.

References

↑ Tinani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Bibliography

Francke, August Hermann (1909), "Tabellen der Pronomina und Verba in den drei Sprachen Lahoul's: Bunan, Manchad und Tinan", Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 63: 65–97
Singh, Jag Deva (1989), "Lahauli verb inflection", Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 12: 41–49
Sharma, D. D. (1992), "Tinani", Tribal Languages of Himachal Pradesh: Part One, New Delhi: Mittal Publications, pp. 111–186
Chamberlain, Brad; Chamberlain, Wendy (2019), A Sociolinguistic Survey of Lahul Valley, Himachal Pradesh (PDF), Dallas: SIL International, retrieved 2023-02-09

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[e18-1] Tinani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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