Mahasu Pahari

Mahasu Pahari
Mahasui
𑚢𑚩𑚭𑚨𑚰𑚃, महासुई
Mahasui written in Tankri script and Bushahri script.[1]
Native toIndia
RegionHimachal Pradesh
EthnicityMahasu
Native speakers
1 million (2002)[2]
Tankri script, Devanagari[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bfz
Glottologmaha1287
ELPMahasu Pahari
 Baghati[4]
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Mahasu Pahari (Takri: 𑚢𑚩𑚭𑚨𑚱 𑚞𑚩𑚭𑚪𑚯) is a Western Pahari (Himachali, Takri: 𑚩𑚮𑚢𑚭𑚏𑚥𑚯) language spoken in Himachal Pradesh. It is also known as Mahasui or Mahasuvi. The speaking population is about 1,000,000 (2001). It is more commonly spoken in the Himachal Pradesh, Shimla (Simla) and Solan districts. It is to be known that Shimla and Solan were parts of the old Mahasu district. Himachal Pradesh State on 1 September 1972 reorganised the districts dissolving Mahasu district. The Solan district was carved out of Solan and Arki tehsils of the then Mahasu district and tehsils of Kandaghat and Nalagarh of the then Shimla District of Punjab.

Wiktionary has a category on Mahasu Pahari language.
  1. ^ Grierson, George Abraham. Linguistic Survey Of India, Volume 9.4. pp. 613–14.
  2. ^ Mahasu Pahari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ Grierson, George Abraham. Linguistic Survey Of India, Volume 9.4. pp. 383–84.
  4. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Baghati.