Indo-European · ISO 639-3 bfz
Mahasu Pahari Language महासुई
Mahasu Pahari is an Indo-European language spoken by about 1.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Devanagari script.
Where Mahasu Pahari is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Mahasu Pahari
About the Mahasu Pahari language
Mahasu Pahari (महासुई) is spoken by about 1.0 million people, which makes it the 461st most spoken language in the world — just behind Bena (Tanzania) (1.0 million) and ahead of Berom (1.0 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Nuclear Himachali group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Mahasu Pahari spoken?
Mahasu Pahari is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (1.0 million).
Mahasu Pahari is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Mahasu Pahari is written in the Devanagari script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Dogri, Kangri, Mandeali, Kashmiri, Hindi, Bengali and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 bfz.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.