• Severely endangered

  100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 625 first language speakers, all within Himachal Pradesh.

  Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Mainly used in the home, rarely outside of this domain. Children do not use the language at all, with only 25% of non-Old adults speaking it. Multilingual in Lahuli, Kulvi, Hindi, and English.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

75% express negative attitude towards the language

Scripts (Writing system)

Devanagri

More on Orthography

"...ha[s] a good collection of literature mainly comprising of poetry and folklore."