{{Short description|Western Pahari language of northern India}} {{Infobox language | name = Bhateali | nativename = भटियाली | states = {{hlist|Himachal Pradesh|Punjab}} | region = Trigarta<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Kangra |url=https://hpkangra.nic.in/history/}}</ref> | speakers = 15,347 (2011 census) | date = | ref = <ref name=":0" /> | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = Indo-Iranian | fam3 = Indo-Aryan | fam4 = Northern | fam5 = Western Pahari | iso3 = bht | glotto = bhat1263 | glottorefname = Bhattiyali | image = Bhateali.svg | script = Takri, Devanagari | imagecaption = The word "Bhateali" written in Devanagari script }}
'''Bhateali''', or '''Bhattiyali''', is a Western Pahari language of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. It Is spoken majorily in the Bhattiyat division of Chamba, Dalhousie as well as Nurpur division of Kangra and hilly parts of Pathankot district of Punjab. The 2011 Indian Census counted ''15,347'' speakers,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=India - C-16: Population by mother tongue, Himachal Pradesh - 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10205 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731143754/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10205 |archive-date=2022-07-31 |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=censusindia.gov.in |url-status=live }}</ref> of which 15,107 were found in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html|title=2011 Census District level statistics|accessdate=26 March 2023}}</ref>
Bhateali has sometimes been counted as a dialect of either Kangri.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Verbeke|first=Saartje|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aoJ1DwAAQBAJ&q=bhattiyali+dialect&pg=PA163|title=Argument structure in Kashmiri: Form and Function of Pronominal Suffixation|date=2017-11-27|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-34678-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Tiwari|first=Dr Siyaram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ak87DwAAQBAJ&q=bhatiyali++Dogri&pg=PA197|title=Bhartiya Bhashaon Ki Pahchan|publisher=Vani Prakashan|isbn=978-93-5229-677-4|language=hi}}</ref> It is listed under Western Pahari languages group.
It was historically written using the Takri script.
== Phonology == === Vowels === {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center !rowspan=2| !colspan=2| Front ! rowspan=2 | Central ! colspan="2" | Back |- class=small |- class=small ! short ! long ! short ! long |- ! Close |{{IPA link|ɪ}}, {{IPA link|ʏ}} | {{IPA link|iː}}, {{IPA link|yː}} | {{IPA link|ɨ}} |{{IPA link|ɯ}}, {{IPA link|ʊ}} | {{IPA link|uː}} |- ! Close-mid | | {{IPA link|eː}} | rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|ə}} | | {{IPA link|oː}} |- ! Open-mid | | {{IPA link|æː}} | | {{IPA link|ɔː}} |- ! Open | colspan=2| | {{IPA link|ä|aː}} | colspan=2| |}
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==References== {{Reflist}} {{Indo-Aryan languages}}
Category:Languages of India Category:Northern Indo-Aryan languages Category:Languages of Himachal Pradesh Category:Languages written in Devanagari