The Chambealic varieties are often considered separate languages, but at least some are 90–95% intelligible with Mandeali proper.

Its sub-dialect are different than mandeali[4] Preliminary survey suggests speakers have functional intelligibility of Kangri.

Standard Mandeali is spoken throughout the broad valley running north and south from Jogindernagar to Sundarnagar.

Mandeali Pahari is spoken north around Barot, east of Uhl River.

In the west, Sarkaghat is also a bit different from standard Mandeali, perhaps forming a transition towards Hamirpur and Bilaspur areas.

[6] The demand for the inclusion of 'Pahari (Himachali)' under the Eight Schedule of the Constitution, which is supposed to represent multiple Pahari languages of Himachal Pradesh, had been made in the year 2010 by the state's Vidhan Sabha.

[7] There has been no positive progress on this matter since then even when small organisations strive to save the language and demand it.