Kinnauri, Chhoyul

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
tpq
Alternate Names
Nesang, Nyam-Kad, Nyam-kat, Nyamkad, Tukpa
User Population

610 (2000).

Location

Himachal Pradesh state: Kinnaur district, Charang, Kunnu, and Nesang villages.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, West Himalayish, Kinauri
Dialects

None known. May be the same language as Bhoti Kinnauri [nes] (2020 H. Negi). Lexical similarity: 71% with Bhoti Kinnauri [nes], 30% with Gahri [bfu], 22% with Pattani [lae].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kinnauri, Chhoyul
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Buddhist.