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Key	004
Generic name of the language	Kinnauri
Location of the community	district kinnaur, state himachal pradesh, country india
Number of speakers (estimate)	45000 approximately
Variants (if any) and number of speakers	The language is spoken by the Kannaura tribe of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh in North India. It has a population of about 84000 as per Census of India records of 2011. This population is divided into about eight different language groups, Kinnauri being the major language of them. Other language varieties of the tribe with their speakers are - chitkuli (1200), sumcho (2000), jangrami (1500), choyuli (700), bhoti kinnauri (4500), sunam (300) (all Tibeto Burman languages) and an Indo Aryan language called pahari kinnauri (12000).
How is the community organised	It is a scheduled tribe community as per the Constitution of India. They avail social and economic benefits in education, jobs and other social schemes in order to improve their socio-economic status in society which is otherwise considered primitive and backward.
Where can more information be found (website, publications, other documents)	https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tZ1thHcAAAAJ&hl=en
Willingness to contribute to FEL website or newsletter	yes
Name of contact person	HARVINDER KUMAR NEGI
Email of contact person	negi.harvinder@gmail.com
Role of contact person in community	native speaker, activist, researcher, farmer
FEL membership ID of contact person	1277
Updated	2022-03-31 16:41:46