Chinali (natively called Chinalbhashe)[citation needed] is an unclassified, and critically endangered language of India spoken by about 220 people.
Many speakers are well educated.
[1] Speakers are distributed throughout Lahul (or Lahaul) Valley.
[2] It is written in the Devanagari script.
[1] It is possible that Chinali is also closely related to Sanskrit.