Chinali
Chinali is an Indo-European language spoken in India, by about 220 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
See it on the globeOpen in the family tree
Chinali (natively called Chinalbhashe) is an unclassified, and critically endangered language of India spoken by about 220 people. Many speakers are well educated. Speakers are distributed throughout Lahul (or Lahaul) Valley. It is written in the Devanagari script. It is possible that Chinali is also closely related to Sanskrit.
From Wikipedia · Chinali language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Chinali
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | nawu* | |
| eye | tir* | |
| ear | kan* | |
| nose | nak* | |
| tooth | dat* | |
| tongue | jib* | |
| blood | rot* | |
| bone | hata* | |
| skin | Cam* | |
| breast | yaqa* | |
| water | paĩ | |
| fire | og* | |
| sun | dup* | |
| star | tare* | |
| stone | rum* | |
| tree | but* | |
| leaf | potai* | |
| night | rat* | |
| dog | kutur* | |
| fish | maC* | |
| one | ek* | |
| two | dui* | |
| I | au* | |
| you | tu* | |
| we | opsiN* | |
| drink | pi* | |
| see | Er* | |
| hear | sun* | |
| die | muva* | |
| come | ai* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Gade LoharIndo-European60% alike
- Dewas-Done DanuwarIndo-European51% alike
- MagahiIndo-European49% alike
- Kullu PahariIndo-European46% alike
- BhojpuriIndo-European45% alike
- Dangaura TharuIndo-European45% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · chin1475 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · cih