Kanashi

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Kanasi, Malani
User Population

1,400 (Chauhan 2002).

Location

Himachal Pradesh state: Kullu district, Kullu sub-district, Bios valley glen, Malana (Malani) village area.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

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

None known. No intelligibility with any Tibeto-Burman languages of Lahul-Spiti and Kinnaur (Chauhan).

Language Use

Also use English [eng]. Also use Hindi [hin].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kanashi
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Surrounded by Indo-Aryan languages. Malana village has the oldest surviving democracy in the world. They practice their own parliamentary form of government.