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Bilaspuri in India

Speakers

295,805

Type

Spoken language

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Location

India

Bilaspuri in India

Country

India

Language status situation

Potentially vulnerable

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Language situation

Safe

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Information available

1. Basics

Names

Bilaspuri in India

Size

295,805

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

Western India

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Dance, song, marriage etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrMohd4majk&pp=ygUJYmlsYXNwdXJp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHuOegk4rts&pp=ygUJYmlsYXNwdXJp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKxlTAZ-f54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QpII6Z30Bg&pp=ygUJYmlsYXNwdXJp
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ppW55gG5nCg
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MOU4j03yid0

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Comments

Bible stories.

https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/kfs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuuWTHjWCPM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUNquE0042o

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Digital

Yes

Comments

Bailey, Thomas Grahame. 1920. Linguistic studies from the Himalaya: being studies in the grammar of fifteen Himalayan dialects. (Asiatic Society monographs, 18.) London: Royal Asiatic Soc. xv+277pp.

Tobdan, {}. 2015. Himācal Pradeś kī bhāshāem. (People's Linguistic Survey of India, 11(1).) New Delhi: Orient Blackswan. xxxiv+336pp.

https://omniglot.com/writing/bilaspuri.htm

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

Comments

Bilaspuri written with Devanagari script

https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=language_detail&key=kfs

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Administrative units of the country

Himachal Pradesh

Size / Number of users

Number of users

295805

Source

Census of India

Year

2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Source

https://www.langlex.com/cens/MTProfile.php?mtname=Bilaspuri+Kahluri

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Types of language use

signed / spoken use
written use
digital use

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Primary level

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Language not used
Translations
Healthcare information
Nursing care (incl. elderly)
Doctor-patient communication
Generally used

Information, communication and cultural production

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

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