Kinnauri, Chitkuli

CIK

vigorous

Alternate Names: Chitkhuli, Chitkuli, Kanauri, Kinnauri, Thebarskad, Tsíhuli, Tsitkhuli

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 46% with Kinnauri ,, 51% with Jangshung ,, 43% with Shumcho ,, 38% with Sunam ,.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Western Tibeto-Burman
Bodish
West Himalayish
Kinauri

Demographics: 1,060 (1998 survey).

Language Use: Also use Kinnauri [kfk].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Grammar.

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Traditional religion, Buddhist (Lamaist), Hindu.