Pahari Kinnauri language

Pahari Kinnauri
Indo Aryan Kinnauri
पहाड़ी किनौरी
ओरास बोली
Oras Boli
Kinnauri Pahari and Oras Boli written in Takri Script.
Native toIndia
RegionHimachal Pradesh
EthnicityScheduled castes of Kinnaur district
Native speakers
(6,300 cited 1998 survey)
Takri, Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3kjo
Glottologhari1246

Pahari Kinnauri, or Kinnauri Pahari (Takri: 𑚊𑚮𑚝𑚵𑚤𑚯 𑚞𑚩𑚭𑚪𑚯), is the only Indo-Aryan language among the nine languages spoken in the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. It is also called Oras Boli (Takri: 𑚈𑚤𑚭𑚨 𑚠𑚴𑚥𑚯). It is spoken by the scheduled caste communities of Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh; the language used to be commonly known as 'Kinnauri tribal language', but this is now considered a derogatory term. It is not clear how distinct it is from other Western Pahari languages.