Churahi in India

Speakers

75,552

Type

Location

Churahi in India

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Churahi in India

Size

75,552

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
Yes
Administrative units of the country
Northern India

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Vocabulary, Bible etc.

https://asjp.clld.org/languages/CHURAHI
https://www.southasiabibles.com/resource/language/Churahi

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Video

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Jesus film, Dance, Songs and funny videos etc.

https://archive.org/details/jesus-film-churahi-language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV1AclYGlbU&pp=ygUHY2h1cmFoaQ%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oPQda3VTh4&pp=ygUHY2h1cmFoaQ%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l00u47MsjVw&pp=ygUHY2h1cmFoaQ%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6qTg01FqjM&pp=ygUHY2h1cmFoaQ%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkE7zNeYGos&pp=ygUHY2h1cmFoaQ%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0TxOzFnRdI&pp=ygUHY2h1cmFoaQ%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGdcOU7qskU&pp=ygUHY2h1cmFoaQ%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFpvLpeOWTA&pp=ygUHY2h1cmFoaQ%3D%3D

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Audio

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Bibles, Stories etc.

https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/cdj
https://www.southasiabibles.com/resource/language/Churahi

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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
T. Grahame Bailey. 1908. The Languages of the Northern Himalayas, being studies in the grammar of twenty-six Himalayan dialects. (Asiatic Society Monographs, XII.) London: The Royal Asiatic Society. 358pp.

George A. Grierson. 1916. Indo-Aryan Family: Central Group: Specimens of the Pahārī Languages and Gujurī. (Linguistic Survey of India, IX(IV).) Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. 1028pp.

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

Singh, K. (2014). Impact of education on the development of tribes in Himachal Pradesh [Doctoral Dissertation, Himachal Pradesh University]. http://hdl.handle.net/10603/203874

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
Churahi written with Devanagari script

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

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

75552
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=Churahi

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

Legal system

Areas of law the language is used

  • Criminal law
  • Civil law
  • Administrative law

Geographical scope of legal language use

  • Local
  • Regional
  • National
  • International

Completion