Mahasui written in Tankri script and Bushahri script.[1]
Native to
India
Region
Himachal Pradesh
Ethnicity
Mahasu
Native speakers
1 million (2002)[2]
Language family
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Northern
Western Pahari (Himachali)
Mahasu Pahari
Writing system
Tankri script, Devanagari[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
bfz
Glottolog
maha1287
ELP
Mahasu Pahari
5660
Baghati[4]
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Mahasu Pahari (Takri: 𑚢𑚩𑚭𑚨𑚱 𑚞𑚩𑚭𑚪𑚯) is a Western Pahari (Himachali, Takri: 𑚩𑚮𑚢𑚭𑚏𑚥𑚯) language spoken in Himachal Pradesh. It is also known as Mahasui or Mahasuvi. The speaking population is about 1,000,000 (2001). It is more commonly spoken in the Himachal Pradesh, Shimla (Simla) and Solan districts. It is to be known that Shimla and Solan were parts of the old Mahasu district. Himachal Pradesh State on 1 September, 1972 reorganised the districts dissolving Mahasu district. The Solan district was carved out of Solan and Arki tehsils of the then Mahasu district and tehsils of Kandaghat and Nalagarh of the then Shimla District of Punjab.
Wiktionary has a category on Mahasu Pahari language.
^Grierson, George Abraham. Linguistic Survey Of India, Volume 9.4. pp. 613–14.
^Mahasu Pahari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Grierson, George Abraham. Linguistic Survey Of India, Volume 9.4. pp. 383–84.
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