Bhateali, or Bhattiyali, is a Western Pahari language of northern India. The 2011 Indian Census counted 23,970 speakers,[1] of which 15,107 were found in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.[2]

Bhateali
𑚡𑚔𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯, भटियाली bhaṭṭiyālī
Bhateali written in Takri Script
Native to	India
Region	Himachal Pradesh et alia
Native speakers	24,000 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western Western Pahari Bhateali
Writing system	Takri, Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bht
Glottolog	bhat1263

Bhateali has sometimes been counted as dialect of either Dogri[3][4] or Punjabi.[1]^{[dead link]}

It was historically written using the Takri script.

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