page_title: Mandeali dialect
section_title: Script
hierarchical_section_title: Mandeali dialect / Script
caption_attribution_description: English: Specimen in Mandeali language
context_page_description: Mandeali is a Himachali dialect spoken in northern India, predominantly in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh by the people of the Mandi Valley and particularly in the major city of Mandi. Other spellings for the name are Mandiyali and Mandiali. UNESCO reports it is one of the highly endangered languages of India. Speakers of the dialect have decreased by 21% from 1961 to 2001.
  The language is closely related to Kangri dialect, which is spoken widely in the district. The Chambealic varieties are often considered separate languages, but at least some are 90–95% intelligible with Mandeali proper.
context_section_description: The native script of the language is a variety of Takri.
caption: Specimen in Mandeali language
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