Kanashi

A language of India

ISO 639: xns
Alternate Names: Kanasi, Malani
Population: 1,400 (Chauhan 2002).
Location:: Himachal Pradesh state: Kullu district, Kullu sub-district, Bios valley glen, Malana (Malani) village area.
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.

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