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| 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)[1] |
| Devanagari, Takri | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kfs |
| Glottolog | bila1253 |
Bilaspuri (Takri: 𑚠𑚮𑚥𑚭𑚨𑚞𑚱𑚤𑚯), or Kahluri (Takri:𑚊𑚩𑚥𑚱𑚤𑚯) is a language spoken in northern India, predominantly in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh.[1] It is associated with the people of the former princely state of Bilaspur in the Panjab Hills.
Bilaspuri is classified as one of the varieties of the Western Pahari language group. However, Bilaspuri is listed as Punjabi in the census.[2] According to the 2011 Census, the speakers of Bilaspuri/Kahluri are 295,805.[3]
The dialect of the hilly part of Hoshiarpur district is also known as Pahāṛī (Takri: 𑚞𑚩𑚭𑚪𑚯).[4]
- ^ a b Bilaspuri at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, Volumes 21-22. University of Kerela [1]
- ^ 2011 Census censusindia.gov.in Archived 21 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Masica, Colin P. (1991). The Indo-Aryan languages. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge University Press. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-521-23420-7.
