Bhaderwahi भद्रवाही بھدرواہی‬ Native to Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh Region Bhaderwah, Chamba district, Bhalessa Ethnicity Bhaderwahis Native speakers (160,000 cited 1991 census – 2002)[1] Language family Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western Western Pahari (Dogri–Kangri) Bhaderwahi Dialects Bhalessi (Bhaali) Padari Charahi Bhadrawahi Khashali Writing system Devnagari, Arabic script Language codes ISO 639-3 Either: bhd – Bhadrawahi cdj – Churahi Glottolog bhad1243[2]