Bilaspuri

Vowels Consonants == Dialects ==

Following are the five dialects of Bilaspuri: • North-east Bilaspuri: (north-east of Kumar Hati); resemblance with Mandeali and Baghliani dialect of Mahasui of Arki tehsil of Solan district. • North Bilaspuri: (north of Kumar Hati); resemblance with Mandeali. • West Bilaspuri: shares resemblance with Kangri. • Central Bilaspuri: Bilaspur (historic) town and surrounding area; shares resemblance with Baghliani dialect of Mahasui of Arki tehsil of Solan district. • Davin or Daur: east and south-east of Bilaspur (historic town) shares resemblance with Hinduri, a dialect of Keonthali sub group of Mahasui. The dialects of Kahluri are so closely allied that one might call them one dialect Kahluri or Bilaspuri. == Writing system ==

The native script of the language is Takri script. == Proverbs ==

The language is commonly called Pahari or Himachali. Before independence there were certain institutions which enjoyed states patronage to publish in Kahluri. All of these institutions today lie in ruins since independence to favour Hindi. With no institute that imparts teaching for this language, the language/dialect is endangered due to dominance of other recognised languages like Hindi. The demand for the inclusion of 'Pahari (Himachali)' under the Eight Schedule of the Constitution, which is supposed to represent multiple Pahari languages of Himachal Pradesh, had been made in the year 2010 by the state's Vidhan Sabha. There has been no positive progress on this matter since then even when small organisations are striving to save the language. The language is recorded under Western Pahari group of languages, which was done on the basis of the conclusion made by linguists. ==References==