Bilaspuri
| Bilaspuri | |
|---|---|
| Kahluri | |
| 𑚠𑚮𑚥𑚭𑚨𑚞𑚱𑚤𑚯, बिलासपूरी, 𑚊𑚩𑚥𑚱𑚤𑚯, कहलूरी | |
Bilaspuri and Kahluri written in Takri Script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh |
Native speakers | 300,000 (2011) |
| Devanagari, Takri | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kfs |
| Glottolog | bila1253 |
Bilaspuri (Himachali Takri: 𑚠𑚮𑚥𑚭𑚨𑚞𑚱𑚤𑚯), or Kahluri (Takri:𑚊𑚩𑚥𑚱𑚤𑚯) is a Western Pahari language spoken in northern India, predominantly in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. It is associated with the people of the former princely state of Bilaspur in the Hills State.
Bilaspuri is classified as one of the varieties of the Himachali language group. However, Bilaspuri is listed as Punjabi in the census. According to the 2011 Census, the speakers of Bilaspuri/Kahluri are 295,805.
The dialect of the hilly part of Hoshiarpur district is also known as Pahāṛī (Takri: 𑚞𑚩𑚭𑚪𑚯).