Burushaski
Mishaski; Brushaski; Burushaki; Burucaki; Burushki; Burucaski; Biltum; Khajuna; Kunjut
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“There are no official records on the total number of Burushaski speakers. Based on personal communication with the native speakers of Burushaski in different regions, [The Burushaski language Documentation Project] estimates the total number of Burushos (speakers of the Burushaski language) in Pakistan to be around 100,000... About 300 speakers of Burushaski live in Srinagar.”
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"Lack of institutional support and cultural homogenization through education and media have also greatly contributed to a drive towards language shift.”
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The Nager dialect is perhaps spoken by as many as 80,000, and the Yasin dialect (northwest of Gilgit) is perhaps spoken by about 10,000.
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2009
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India; Pakistan
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2006
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Some 50,000 Burúsho live in Hunza and Nager and some 30,000 live in Yasin. A considerable Burúsho population has also settled in Gilgit itself.
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Some 50,000 Burúsho live in Hunza and Nager and some 30,000 live in Yasin. A considerable Burúsho population has also settled in Gilgit itself.
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Heavily admixed with Urdu and English elements in recent times. Bilingualism has led to attrition of morphosyntax in younger speakers.
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- Language policy, multilingualism and language vitality in PakistanTariq Rahman. 2006. "Language Policy, Multilingualism and Language Vitality in Pakistan." In Lesser-known languages of South Asia: status and policies, case studies and applications of information technology, edited by Anju Saxena and Lars Borin. 73-106. Mouton de Gruyter.
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