Bhateali

{{Short description|Western Pahari language of northern India}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Bhateali

| nativename = भटियाली

| states = India

| region = Himachal Pradesh

| speakers = {{sigfig|23,970|2}}

| date = 2011 census

| ref =

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Indo-Aryan

| fam4 = Northern

| fam5 = Western Pahari

| iso3 = bht

| glotto = bhat1263

| glottorefname = Bhattiyali

| image = Bhateali.svg

| script = Takri, Devanagari

| imagecaption = The word "Bhateali" written in Devanagari script

}}

Bhateali, or Bhattiyali, is a Western Pahari language of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. It Is spoken majorily in the Bhattiyat division of Chamba, Dalhousie as well as Nurpur division of Kangra and hilly parts of Pathankot, Punjab. The 2011 Indian Census counted 23,970 speakers,{{Cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/C-16_25062018_NEW.pdf|title=Cenus 2011|accessdate=26 March 2023}} of which 15,107 were found in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.{{Cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html|title=2011 Census District level statistics|accessdate=26 March 2023}}

Bhateali has sometimes been counted as a dialect of either Himachali/Dogri{{Cite book|last=Verbeke|first=Saartje|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aoJ1DwAAQBAJ&q=bhattiyali+dialect&pg=PA163|title=Argument structure in Kashmiri: Form and Function of Pronominal Suffixation|date=2017-11-27|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-34678-9|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Tiwari|first=Dr Siyaram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ak87DwAAQBAJ&q=bhatiyali++Dogri&pg=PA197|title=Bhartiya Bhashaon Ki Pahchan|publisher=Vani Prakashan|isbn=978-93-5229-677-4|language=hi}} or Punjabi.{{Cite Q|Q115652507|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/soas/frontmatter/abbreviations.html|page=xii}} It is listed under Punjabi in the 2011 Census - India.{{Cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42458|title=India - LANGUAGE (PAPER 1 OF 2018)-CENSUS OF INDIA 2011|website=censusindia.gov.in|accessdate=26 March 2023}}

It was historically written using the Takri script.