Kullui (Kullū, also known as Kulvi, Takri: 𑚊𑚰𑚥𑚷𑚱𑚃/𑚊𑚰𑚥𑚷𑚱𑚦𑚯) is a dialect of Himachali language spoken in the Kullu District of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

Phonology

Consonants

For the stops and affricates there is a four-way distinction in phonation between tenuis, voiced , aspirated and breathy voiced series. lists as separate phonemes aspirated correlates of, , , , , , and , but describes the aspiration as a voiceless pharyngeal friction. is dental, but becomes alveolar if the next syllable contains a retroflex consonant. and are rare, but contrast with the other nasals word-medially between vowels. , and, together with their aspirated correlates, don't occur in the beginning of words. The glottal stop occurs only between a vowel and, , or , e.g. "a trumpet", which contrasts with "famine". The pharyngeal fricative historically derives from and occurs word-finally, e.g. "grass", "twenty".

Script

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

Status

The language is commonly called Pahari or Himachali. 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 Kulluvi children are not learning Kulluvi as their mother tongue any longer.