Gawar-Bati
Gawar-bātī; Narisātī; Narsātī; Gawar-bati; Gowar-Bati; Gowari; Narsati; Narisati; Arandui; Satre; Dardu
Indo-European; Indo-Iranian; Indo-Aryan; Northwestern Zone
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Pashto; Urdu; Khowar
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"There is a possible estimate of 1500 speakers in Pakistan... [reports] would suggest a population of 6500 to 8500 speakers of Gawar-bati in Afghanistan. These are very rough estimations."
1992
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"The people who speak Gawar-bati live along the Kunar River, predominantly in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area near the village of Arandu in the Chitral District of Pakistan."
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"The people who speak Gawar-bati live along the Kunar River, predominantly in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area near the village of Arandu in the Chitral District of Pakistan."
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Pashto; Urdu; Khowar
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"Urdu is the national language and the language prescribed for use in the schools in Pakistan [while] Pashto is the dominant second language in the Gawar area... Respondents indicated that their language is important for use with Gawar-bati speakers from other villages and is important for maintaining a sense of ethnic unity and identity."
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2010
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1994
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Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
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Part of Nūrestān and adjacent areas along the Kabul river and its tributaries in the mountain region that encompasses northeastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, and northwestern India
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Part of Nūrestān and adjacent areas along the Kabul river and its tributaries in the mountain region that encompasses northeastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, and northwestern India
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The central subgroup is further subdivided into northern and southern groupings. The northern grouping includes Khowar (or Chitrali, Chitrari, Chatrori, Arniya) and Kalasha in the Chitral region. The southern grouping includes Tirahi, Gawar (or Gawar-bati, lit., “language of the Gawar people”), Katarkalai (or Wotapuri, referring to another dialect), Shumashti, Glangali (closely related Ningalami, reported in the literature but apparently no longer extant), and Pashai, a large group of extremely divergent dialects or closely related languages, in the southern part of Nūrestān and adjacent areas.
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Nishagam (Palazgor), Nari, Birkot, and Dokalam in the Kunar valley, and in Arandu
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Modified Perso-Arabic script
Nishagam (Palazgor), Nari, Birkot, and Dokalam in the Kunar valley, and in Arandu
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8,000 in Afghanistan. Population total all countries: 9,500.
2009
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2006
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"Southern Chitral, Arandu, Kunar river along Pakistan-Afghanistan border"
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"Southern Chitral, Arandu, Kunar river along Pakistan-Afghanistan border"
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