Chinali (natively called Chinalbhashe) is an unclassified, and critically endangered language of India spoken by about 220 people. Many speakers are well educated. Speakers are distributed throughout Lahul (or Lahaul) Valley."Indo-Aryan Languages", "International Encyclopedia of Linguistics Vol. 1" edited by W. J. Frawley. It is written in the Devanagari script. It is possible that Chinali is also closely related to Sanskrit.
Phonology +ConsonantsA Descriptive Grammar & Vocabulary of Chinali, Dr. D.D. Sharma LabialDentalPalatalRetroflexVelar/GlottalNasalStopvoicelessaspiratedvoicedbreathyAffricatevoicelessaspiratedvoicedbreathySemi vowelsSpirantsunvoicedvoicedVibrantLateral +VowelsFrontCentralBackNear-close/highmid higherNear-open
References
External links The Chinali language documentation project at SPPEL