Mahasu Pahari

Mahasu Pahari
Mahasu Pahari
Mahasui
𑚢𑚩𑚭𑚨𑚰𑚃, महासुई
	Mahasui written in Tankri script and Bushahri script.
Native to	India
Region	Himachal Pradesh
Ethnicity	Mahasu
Native speakers	1 million (2002)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northern Western Pahari (Himachali) Mahasu Pahari; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Tankri script, Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bfz
Glottolog	maha1287
ELP	Mahasu Pahari
	Baghati

Mahasu Pahari (Takri: 𑚢𑚩𑚭𑚨𑚱 𑚞𑚩𑚭𑚪𑚯) is a Western Pahari language spoken in Himachal Pradesh. It is also known as Mahasui or Mahasuvi. The speaking population is about 1,000,000 (2001). It is more commonly spoken in the Himachal Pradesh, Shimla (Simla) and Solan districts. It is to be known that Shimla and Solan were parts of the old Mahasu district. Himachal Pradesh State on 1 September 1972 reorganised the districts dissolving Mahasu district. The Solan district was carved out of Solan and Arki tehsils of the then Mahasu district and tehsils of Kandaghat and Nalagarh of the then Shimla District of Punjab.