Churahi

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
cdj
Alternate Names
Chaurahi, Churahi Pahari, Churai Pahari
User Population

75,600 (2011 census).

Location

Himachal Pradesh state: Chamba district, Chaurah and Saluni sub-district, Bhalai; Jammu and Kashmir state: Doda and Kathua districts.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Pahari, Western Pahari
Dialects

None known. 90% intelligibility of Mandeali [mjl], 83% of Kangri [xnr], 85% of Chambeali [cdh]. Lexical similarity: 78% with Chambeali [cdh] (most similar), 70% with Palampuri Kangri [xnr] and Bhattiyali [bht], 67%–69% with Gaddi [gbk], 65% with Mandeali [mjl] and Bilaspuri [kfs], 64% with Pangi.

Typology

SOV; postpositions; genitives after noun heads; adjectives, numerals before noun heads; question word initial; verb suffixes mark person, number, gender of subject.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Eastern Punjabi [pan]. Also use English [eng]. Also use Hindi [hin]. Also use Urdu [urd].

Language Development

NT: 2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Churahi
Writing

Devanagari script [Deva].

Other Comments

Hindu.