Bilaspuri | |
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Kahluri | |
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐๐ฑ๐ค๐ฏ, เคฌเคฟเคฒเคพเคธเคชเฅเคฐเฅ, ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐ค๐ฏ, เคเคนเคฒเฅเคฐเฅ | |
Native to | India |
Region | Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh |
Native speakers | 300,000 (2011)[1] |
Devanagari, Takri | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kfs |
Glottolog | bila1253 |
Bilaspuri (Takri: ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐๐ฑ๐ค๐ฏ), or Kahluri (Takri:๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐ค๐ฏ) is a language spoken in northern India, predominantly in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh.[1] It is associated with the people of the former princely state of Bilaspur in the Panjab Hills.
Bilaspuri is classified as one of the varieties of the Western Pahari language group. However, Bilaspuri is listed as Punjabi in the census.[2] According to the 2011 Census, the speakers of Bilaspuri/Kahluri are 295,805.[3]
The dialect of the hilly part of Hoshiarpur district is also known as Pahฤแนฤซ (Takri: ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ).[4]