Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Manchati, Manchad, Patni, Chamba, Chamba Lahuli, Lahuli, Swangla, Changsapa Boli, Lahul, Patan, Manchāti, Monchāti, Mantśati, Chamba Lāhulī
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Kanauri
ORTHOGRAPHY		Devanagari script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		lae
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Eastern Pattani Central Pattani Chamba-Lahuli
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

DOMAINS OF USE

MORE ON VITALITY

Pattani is used in the home, village, and for religion. Hindi is used in education and trade.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Positive language attitudes

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

About half of Pattani speakers also speak Hindi with good proficiency.

Scripts (Writing system)

Devanagari script

More on Orthography

Tibetan script no longer in use

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Himachal Pradesh, Lahul, Pattan, Chamba-Lahul, and lower Mayar valleys. Some in Kullu, Manali cities.

		2007	South Asia and the Middle East	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	283-348	Christopher Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			George van Driem	George van Driem. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 283-348. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD		~15,000		10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			India	Himachal Pradesh, Lahul
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.															32.75,76.75
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	20,000 (in 2002)	11,000	1997	10000-99999	5000	Hindi; English	Positive language attitudes	About half of Pattani speakers also speak Hindi with good proficiency.	Vulnerable (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Pattani is used in the home, village, and for religion. Hindi is used in education and trade.	11	India	Himachal Pradesh, Lahul, Pattan, Chamba-Lahul, and lower Mayar valleys. Some in Kullu, Manali cities.

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