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MJL ISO 639-3

Mandeali

मंडियाली‎ (Mandiali) Autonym

A language of India

ISO 639
mjl
Alternate Names
Mandi, Mandiali, Mandyali, Pahari Mandiyali
Autonym
मंडियाली‎ (Mandiali)
Population
623,000 (2011 census).
Location:
Himachal Pradesh state: Mandi district.
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Pahari, Western Pahari
Dialects
Preliminary survey suggests speakers have functional intelligibility of Kangri [xnr]. People in southeast Mandi district may have more difficulty understanding Kangri. Standard Mandeali is spoken throughout the broad valley running north and south from Jogindernagar to Sundarnagar. Mandeali Pahari is spoken north around Barot, east of Uhl River. Intelligible with difficulty to standard Mandeali. May be intermediate variety between Mandeali and Kullui [kfx]. Southeast district contains transition to Mahasui [bfz]. In the west, Sarkaghat is also a bit different from standard Mandeali, perhaps forming a transition towards Hamirpur and Bilaspur areas. Lexical similarity: 89% with Palampuri dialect of Kangri [xnr], 83% with Chambeali [cdh].
Typology
SOV.
Language Use
Used by all. Also use Eastern Punjabi [pan]. Also use English [eng]. Also use Hindi [hin]. Also use Urdu [urd].
Language Development
Newspapers. Radio. NT: 2017.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mandeali
Writing
Devanagari script [Deva]. Takri (Tankri, Takari) script [Takr], no longer in use.
Other Comments
Hindu.

Also Spoken in

Map

Location: Himachal Pradesh state: Mandi district.