Mandeali

Mandeali
maṇḍiyālī
𑚢𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯, मण्डियाली
Mandeali written in Mandi-Suket Takri Script[1]
Native toIndia
RegionHimachal Pradesh
EthnicityMandyali People
Native speakers
623,000 (2011 Census)[2]
Devanagari
Mandiali Takri
Language codes
ISO 639-3
mjl – Mandeali
Glottologmand1409  Mandeali
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Mandeali (Takri: 𑚢𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern India, predominantly in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh by the people of the Mandi Valley and particularly in the major city of Mandi. Other spellings for the name are Mandiyali and Mandiali. UNESCO reports it is one of the highly endangered languages of India.[3] Speakers of the dialect have decreased by 21% from 1961 to 2001.

The language is distantly related to Kullvi. The Chambealic varieties are often considered separate languages, but at least some are 90–95% intelligible with Mandeali proper. Its sub-dialect are different than mandeali[4]

  1. ^ Grierson, George Abraham. Linguistic Survey Of India, Volume 9.4. pp. 718, 719, 730.
  2. ^ Mandeali at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Closed access icon
  3. ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". Unesco.org. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  4. ^ Mandeali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)