Dameli
Damēlī; Damel; Damedi; Damia; Gudoji; Dardu
Indo-European; Indo-Iranian; Indo-Aryan; Northwestern Zone
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5,000-6,000
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The Dameli speakers are Sunni Muslim and living on agriculture and herding.
2013
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35.466, 71.810
The speakers of Dameli dwell in the Domel/Damel valley of the southwest Chitral district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan.
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"Dameli speaker differ from speakers of many of the surrounding minority languages in showing no reluctance to speak their language even in the presence of non-speakers, and appear to lack most of the negative associations that minority speakers worldwide tend to attach to their language." (p.11)
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The speakers of Dameli dwell in the Domel/Damel valley of the southwest Chitral district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan.
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Urdu; Pashto; Khowar
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Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and the medium for schooling while Pashto is the lingua franca of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (aka North-West Frontier Province) where Dameli is spoken. Khowar is also used frequently in the Chitral district although not in the valley where the Dameli live. One's ability to use Urdu depends on their level of education. Almost all the Dameli speakers possess a high proficiency of Pashto though monolingual Dameli females could be observed.
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2010
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35.578,71.8684
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There is contact and borrowing between the Dardic languages and the adjacent Indo-Iranian languages.
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2003
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Damel valley on the left bank of the Chitral River
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Damel valley on the left bank of the Chitral River
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Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1992).
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"Damel Valley (Southern Chitral)"
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