Mandeali

Mandeali
maṇḍiyālī
𑚢𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯
Mandeali written in Mandi-Suket Takri Script
Native to	Himachal Pradesh
Region	Mahasu Trigarta
Ethnicity	Mandyali People
Native speakers	623,000 (2011 Census)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northern Western Pahari Mandeali
Writing system	Mandiali Takri
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mjl
Glottolog	mand1409  Mandeali

Mandeali (Takri: 𑚢𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚮𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚯) is a Western Pahari language, 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 distantly related to Kullui. 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.

Dialects

Preliminary survey suggests speakers have functional intelligibility of Kangri. People in southeast Mandi district may have more difficulty understanding 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. Intelligible with difficulty to standard Mandeali. May be intermediate variety between Mandeali and Kullui. The dialect is very close to the Kullvi spoken in neighbouring lug valley region of Kullu district and are culturally, linguistically closer to Kullu. Southeast district contains transition to Mahasui. The dialect spoken is also sometimes referred as Suketi or dialect of Outer Seraj Area as dialect is an intermediate variety of Kullvi and Upper Mahasuvi of neighbouring Shimla and Kullu district. In the west, Sarkaghat is also a bit different from standard Mandeali, perhaps forming a transition towards Hamirpur and Bilaspur areas. Lexical similarity: 89% with Palampuri dialect of Kangri, 83% with Chambeali.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive / Affricate	voiceless	p	t		ʈ	tʃ	k
	aspriated	pʰ	tʰ		ʈʰ	tʃʰ	kʰ
	voiced	b	d		ɖ	dʒ	ɡ
	breathy	bʱ	dʱ		ɖʱ	dʒʱ	ɡʱ
Fricative	voiceless			s		ʃ		ɦ
	voiced
Nasal		m		n	ɳ		(ŋ)
Lateral				l	ɭ
Trill/Tap				r	ɽ ɽʱ
Approximant						j	w

• [ŋ] is heard when a nasal occurs before velar stops.
• [f] can be heard as an allophone of pʰ.
• Aspirated versions of m, n,ɳ, l,ɭ, r, w can be considered as separate phonemes.

Vowels

The vowels of Mandeali language are shown below.

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u uː
Mid	(e) eː	ə əː	(o) oː
Open-mid	ɛː		ɔː
Open		aː

Grammar

Nouns

Mandeali distinguishes two genders (Masculine and feminine), two numbers (Singular and plural) and four cases of direct, oblique, vocative, and ergative. Oblique also serves as locative and ergative also performs the function of instrumental. Nouns may be further divided into extended and unextended declensional subtypes, with the former characteristically consisting of masculines ending in unaccented -ā and feminines in -ī.

The following tables displays the suffix paradigms.

Masculine Dir. Obl. Voc. Erg. unEx. Sing. -ā -𑚁 -ē -𑚆 Pl. -ā -𑚁 -ō -𑚈 -ē -𑚆 Ex. Sing. -ā -𑚁 -ē -𑚆 -ĕā -𑚆𑚁 -ē -𑚆 Pl. -ē -𑚆 -ĕā -𑚆𑚁 -ĕō -𑚆𑚈 -ē -𑚆

Feminine Dir. Obl. Voc. Erg. Sing. -ē -𑚆 -ē -𑚆 Pl. -ā -𑚁 -ō -𑚈 -ē -𑚆

The following table of noun declensions shows those suffix paradigms in action. Examples include ghōṛā "stallion", mhaṭhī "girl" (also referred to as "maṭṭhī" or in takri "𑚢𑚔𑚶𑚕𑚯"), ghəːr "house", kāndh "wall".

Extended Dir. Obl. Voc. Erg. Masc. Sing. ghōṛā 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚭 ghōṛe 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲 ghōṛĕā 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲𑚣𑚭 ghōṛe 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲 Pl. ghōṛe 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲 ghōṛĕā 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲𑚣𑚭 ghōṛĕō 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲𑚣𑚴 ghōṛē 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲 Fem. Sing. mhaṭhī 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯 mhaṭhī(ā) 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯(𑚣𑚭) mhaṭhīē 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚆 mhaṭhīē 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚆 Pl. mhaṭhīā 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚣𑚭 mhaṭhīō 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚣𑚴 mhaṭhīē 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚆

Unextended Dir. Obl. Voc. Erg. Masc. Sing. ghar 𑚍𑚤 gharā 𑚍𑚤𑚭 gharā 𑚍𑚤𑚭 gharē 𑚍𑚤𑚲 Pl. ghar 𑚍𑚤 gharā 𑚍𑚤𑚭 gharō 𑚍𑚤𑚴 gharē 𑚍𑚤𑚲 Fem. Sing. kāndh 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜 kāndhā 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚭 kāndhē 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚲 kāndhē 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚲 Pl. kāndhā 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚭 kāndhō 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚴 kāndhē 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚲

Adjectives

Adjectives may be divided into declinable and indeclinable categories. Declinable adjectives have endings that change by the gender, number and case of the noun that they qualify. Declinable adjective have endings that are similar but much simpler than those of nouns:

			Sing.	Pl.
Declin.	Masc.	Dir.	-ā -𑚁	-ē -𑚆
		Obl.	-ē -𑚆	-ē -𑚆
	Fem.		-ī -𑚃	-ī -𑚃
Indeclin.

Indeclinable adjectives are invariable and can end in either consonants or vowels (including ā and ī ). The direct masculine singular (-ā) is the citation form. Most adjectives ending in consonants are indeclinable.

Declinable adjective bānkā (𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚭) "good" in attributive use

Dir. Obl. Voc. Erg. Masc. Sing. bānkā ghōṛā 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚭 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚭 bānkē ghōṛē 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲 bānkē ghoṛĕā 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲𑚁 bānkē ghōṛē 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲 Pl. bānkē ghōṛē 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲 bānkē ghōṛĕā 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲𑚁 bānkē ghōṛĕō 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲𑚈 bānkē ghōṛē 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲 Fem. Sing. bānkī mhaṭhī 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚯 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯 bānkī mhaṭhīē 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚯 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚆 bānkī mhaṭhīē 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚯 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚆 Pl. bānkī mhaṭhīā 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚯 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚁 bānkī mhaṭhīō 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚯 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚈 bānkī mhaṭhīē 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚯 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚆

Dir. Obl. Voc. Erg. Masc. Sing. bānkā ghar 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚭 𑚍𑚤 bānkē gharā 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚤𑚭 bānkē gharā 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚤𑚭 bānkē gharē 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚤𑚲 Pl. bānkē ghar 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚤 bānkē gharā 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚤𑚭 bānkē gharō 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚤𑚴 bānkē gharē 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚲 𑚍𑚤𑚲 Fem. Sing. bānkī kāndh 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚯 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜 bānkī kāndhā 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚯 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚭 bānkī kāndhē 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚯 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚲 bānkī kāndhē 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚯 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚲 Pl. bānkī kāndhā 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚯 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚭 bānkī kāndhō 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚯 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚴 bānkī kāndhē 𑚠𑚭𑚫𑚊𑚯 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚲

Indeclinable adjective लाल "red" in attributive use

Dir. Obl. Voc. Erg. Masc. Sing. lāl ghōṛā 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚭 lāl ghōṛē 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲 lāl ghōṛē 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲 lāl ghōṛē 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲 Pl. lāl ghōṛē 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲 lāl ghōṛeā 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲𑚁 lāl ghōṛeā 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲𑚁 lāl ghōṛē 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚴𑚪𑚲 Fem. Sing. lāl mhaṭhī 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯 lāl mhaṭhīē 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚆 lāl mhaṭhīē 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚆 Pl. lāl mhaṭhīā 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚁 lāl mhaṭhīō 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚈 lāl mhaṭhīē 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚢𑚶𑚩𑚕𑚯𑚆

Dir. Obl. Voc. Erg. Masc. Sing. lāl ghar 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚤 lāl gharā 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚤𑚭 lāl gharā 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚤𑚭 lāl gharē 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚤𑚲 Pl. lāl ghar 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚤 lāl gharā 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚤𑚭 lāl gharō 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚤𑚴 lāl gharē 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚍𑚤𑚲 Fem. Sing. lāl kāndh 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜 lāl kāndhā 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚭 lāl kāndhē 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚲 lāl kāndhē 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚲 Pl. lāl kāndhā 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚭 lāl kāndhō 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚴 lāl kāndhē 𑚥𑚭𑚥 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚜𑚲

Postpositions

Mandeali uses a system of particles, known as postpositions. Their use with a noun or verb requires the noun or verb to take the oblique case, and they are the locus of grammatical function, or "case-marking"

	Transliteration	Takri	Functions
Used alone	rā, rī, rē	𑚤𑚭,𑚤𑚯,𑚤𑚲	genitive marker; declines like an adjective. Example: "X rā/rī/etc. Y" means "X's Y", with rā/rī/etc. agreeing with Y.
	jō	𑚑𑚴	marks the indirect object (dative marker), or, if definite, the direct object (accusative marker). Often contracted to 𑚈 e.g. 𑚙𑚰𑚨𑚶𑚨𑚲 𑚑𑚴 (tusse jo) to 𑚙𑚰𑚨𑚶𑚨𑚴 (tussau)
	lā/lē/tē	𑚥𑚭/𑚥𑚲/𑚙𑚲	ablative marker, "from"
	khō/khā	𑚋𑚴/𑚋𑚭	orientative marker; "towards"
	minjh	𑚢𑚮𑚫𑚒	inessive marker, "in." Often contracted to 'anjh
	tik,tikkar	𑚙𑚮𑚊/𑚙𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚊𑚤	terminative marker, "until, up to"
	bich	𑚠𑚮𑚏	inessive marker, "in." Often contracted to ach e.g 𑚢𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚯 𑚠𑚯𑚏 (Maṇḍī bich) to 𑚢𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚯𑚀𑚏 (Maṇḍīach)
May use a secondary preposition	kanē/sāugī	𑚊𑚝𑚲/𑚨𑚭𑚄𑚌𑚯	comitative marker, "with" Often contracted to nē/kē
	gās	𑚌𑚭𑚨	superessive marker, "on" or "at."
	bālē	𑚠𑚭𑚥𑚲	possessive marker; "with" (as in possession) e.g. म्हठीया बाले "in the girl's possession."
	bārē	𑚠𑚭𑚤𑚲	"about"
	kaṭhē	𑚊𑚕𑚲	benefactive marker; "for"
	sāhī̃	𑚨𑚭𑚩𑚯𑚫	comparative marker; "like" (in resemblance)
	bājhī	𑚠𑚭𑚒𑚯	abessive marker; "without"
	bālē/nēḍē	𑚠𑚭𑚥𑚲/𑚝𑚲𑚖𑚲	"near"
	lāgē	𑚥𑚭𑚌𑚲	apudessive marker; "adjacent/next to"
	bhītar	𑚡𑚯𑚙𑚤	"inside"
	bāhar	𑚠𑚭𑚩𑚤	"outside"

Other postpositions are adverbs, following their obliqued targets either directly or with the inflected genitive linker rē; e.g. ghōṛē (rē) kanē/sāugī "with the stallion". But nowadays it's more common to not use the genitive linker rē

Pronouns

The pronouns of Mandeali for different persons and numbers are as follows:

Person	Number	Mandeali	IPA
1st	Singular	𑚩𑚭𑚅𑚫	ɦaːũ
	Plural	𑚁𑚨𑚶𑚨𑚲	asːe
2nd	Singular	𑚙𑚱	tu
	Plural	𑚙𑚰𑚨𑚶𑚨𑚲	t̪usːe
3rd Proximate	Singular	𑚆 / 𑚣𑚲	eː / jeː
	Plural	𑚣𑚴𑚫	jõː
3rd Distal	Singular	𑚨𑚲	seː
	Plural	𑚨𑚶𑚣𑚴𑚫	sjõː

Noun Cases

Using the noun 𑚍𑚤 (/gʱəːr/, "home") as an example, the cases in Mandeali are:

Case	Mandeali	Hindi Equivalent	English Equivalent
Nominative	𑚍𑚤	घर	home
Accusative	𑚍𑚤𑚴 / 𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚑𑚴	घर को	to home
Ergative	𑚍𑚤𑚲	घर ने	(by) home
Comitative	𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚊𑚲 / 𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚊𑚝𑚶𑚝𑚲 / 𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚨𑚭𑚄𑚌𑚯	घर के साथ	with home
Instrumental	𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚥𑚲 / 𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚥𑚭	घर से	through home
Dative	𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚊𑚔𑚶𑚕𑚲	घर के लिए	for home
Ablative	𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚥𑚲 / 𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚥𑚭	घर से	from home
Genitive	𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚤𑚭 / 𑚤𑚲 / 𑚤𑚯	घर का / की / के	of home

Locatives

Case	Mandeali	Hindi Equivalent	English Equivalent
Inessive	𑚍𑚤𑚭 / 𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚢𑚫𑚒 / 𑚍𑚤 𑚠𑚮𑚏 / 𑚍𑚤𑚀𑚏	घर में	in (home)
Adessive	𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚌𑚭𑚨 / 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚶𑚩𑚲 / 𑚞𑚤	घर पर	on (home)

Others

Case	Mandeali	Hindi Equivalent	English Equivalent
Vocative	𑚍𑚤𑚭 (sing.) / 𑚍𑚤𑚴 (pl.)	ओ घर	O home
Similative	𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚨𑚭𑚫𑚩𑚯𑚫	घर जैसा	similar to home
Terminative	𑚍𑚤𑚭 𑚙𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚊𑚤 / 𑚙𑚮𑚊	घर तक	up to home

Numerals

Numeral	Mandeali	Transliteration
1	𑚆𑚊𑚶𑚊	ekk
2	𑚛𑚰𑚃	duī
3	𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚆	trāe
4	𑚏𑚭𑚤	chār
5	𑚞𑚭𑚫𑚑	pānj
6	𑚐𑚲𑚩	chheh
7	𑚨𑚭𑚙𑚶𑚙	sātt
8	𑚁𑚕	āṭh
9	𑚝𑚵	nau
10	𑚛𑚨	das
11	𑚌𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚤𑚭	gyārā
12	𑚠𑚭𑚤𑚭	bārā
13	𑚙𑚲𑚩𑚤𑚭	tehrā
14	𑚏𑚄𑚛𑚭	chaudā
15	𑚞𑚫𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚭	pandrā
16	𑚨𑚴𑚥𑚷𑚭	soḷā
17	𑚨𑚙𑚭𑚤𑚭	satārā
18	𑚕𑚭𑚤𑚭	ṭhārā
19	𑚄𑚝𑚶𑚝𑚯	unni
20	𑚠𑚯𑚩	bīh

Script

The native script of the language is a variety of Takri called Mandeali Takri.

Specimen in Mandeali language

Vocabulary

Samples

Words/phrases	Transliteration	Meaning
𑚑𑚳𑚛𑚣𑚭	jaidyā	Hello/Salutation
𑚊𑚲𑚚𑚯	kethī	Where?
𑚊𑚯	kī	Why?
𑚊𑚮𑚩𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚫	kihyān	How?
𑚊𑚲𑚨𑚤𑚭/𑚊𑚴𑚨𑚤𑚭	kosrā/kesrā	Whose?
𑚊𑚰𑚘	kuṇ	Who?
𑚊𑚲𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚭	ketrā	How many?
𑚊𑚲𑚖𑚶𑚖𑚭	keḍḍā	How much?
𑚊𑚲𑚪𑚲 𑚩𑚲 𑚙𑚰𑚨𑚶𑚨𑚲?	keṛhe he tusse?	How are you ?
𑚊𑚲𑚚𑚯 𑚑𑚴 𑚥𑚌𑚯𑚤𑚲 𑚑𑚭𑚫𑚛𑚲?	kethī jo lagīre jānde?	Where are you going?
𑚊𑚶𑚣𑚭 𑚩𑚰𑚃 𑚌𑚶𑚣𑚭?	kyā huī gyā?	What happened?
𑚙𑚰𑚨𑚶𑚨𑚭𑚤𑚭 𑚝𑚭𑚈𑚫 𑚊𑚶𑚣𑚭 𑚩𑚭?	tussārā nāõ kyā hā?	What is your name?
𑚩𑚭𑚫𑚖𑚘𑚭 𑚛𑚲 𑚢𑚭𑚫𑚑𑚴 𑚙𑚱।	hāṇdṇā de mānjo tū.	Let me walk.
𑚊𑚲𑚚𑚯 𑚥𑚭/𑚙𑚲 𑚁𑚃𑚤𑚲 𑚙𑚰𑚨𑚶𑚨𑚲?	kethī lā/te āīre tusse?	From where have you come?

Names of months

Traditionally, the month formats is based on Hindu calendar.

List of Months in Mandeali

Mandeali	Transliteration	English
𑚏𑚂𑚙𑚤	chaitar	March–April
𑚠𑚨𑚭𑚋	basākh	April–May
𑚑𑚲𑚕	jeṭh	May–June
𑚩𑚭𑚩𑚶𑚪	hāhṛ	June–July
𑚨𑚭𑚈𑚘	sāoṇ	July–August
𑚡𑚭𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚴	bhādro	August–September
𑚨𑚵𑚑	sauj	September–October
𑚊𑚭𑚙𑚊	kātak	October–November
𑚢𑚫𑚌𑚨𑚤	mangsar	November–December
𑚞𑚵𑚨	paus	December–January
𑚢𑚭𑚍	māgh	January–February
𑚟𑚭𑚌𑚘	phāgaṇ	February–March

Names of days

Days are generally indic.

List of days in Mandeali

Mandeali	Transliteration	English
𑚙𑚶𑚦𑚭𑚤	Twār	Sunday
𑚨𑚴𑚢𑚠𑚭𑚤	Sombār	Monday
𑚢𑚫𑚌𑚥𑚷𑚠𑚭𑚤	Mangaḷbār	Tuesday
𑚠𑚰𑚛𑚶𑚜𑚠𑚭𑚤	Buddhbār	Wednesday
𑚠𑚯𑚤𑚠𑚭𑚤	Bīrvaar	Thursday
𑚨𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚊𑚤𑚠𑚭𑚤	Sukkarbār	Friday
𑚨𑚝𑚮𑚏𑚤	Sanichar	Saturday

•Twār is a loan word from Urdu (Itwār)

Status

The language is commonly called Pahari or Himachali, just like many other neighbouring languages. The language has no official status. According to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the language is of definitely endangered category, i.e. many Mandeali children are not learning Mandeali as their mother tongue anymore.

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. There has been no positive progress on this matter since then even when small organisations strive to save the language and demand it. Due to political interest, the language is currently recorded as a dialect of Hindi, even when having a poor mutual intelligibility with it and being close to other Pahari languages such as Mahasui, Kahluri and Kangri.