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Tinani language 
Summary
Tinani (Tinan) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and in western Tibet.
| Tinani | |
|---|---|
| Rangloi | |
| Lahuli | |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh, Tibet |
Native speakers | 23,000 in India (2001)[1] 450 in China (1977) |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lbf |
| Glottolog | tina1246 |
| ELP | Tinani |
Tinani is spoken in the lower Chandra, Tinan, and Rangloi valleys of Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh (Ethnologue). Gondhla is main village.
References edit
- ^ Tinani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Bibliography edit
- Francke, August Hermann (1909), "Tabellen der Pronomina und Verba in den drei Sprachen Lahoul's: Bunan, Manchad und Tinan", Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 63: 65–97
- Singh, Jag Deva (1989), "Lahauli verb inflection", Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 12: 41–49
- Sharma, D. D. (1992), "Tinani", Tribal Languages of Himachal Pradesh: Part One, New Delhi: Mittal Publications, pp. 111–186
- Chamberlain, Brad; Chamberlain, Wendy (2019), A Sociolinguistic Survey of Lahul Valley, Himachal Pradesh (PDF), Dallas: SIL International, retrieved 2023-02-09