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Language policy, multilingualism and language vitality in Pakistan
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2,900-5,700

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Year of info

2006

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Pakistan

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"Kalash Valleys (Chitral) southern"

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"Kalash Valleys (Chitral) southern"

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5,000

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2010

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35.6684,71.7201

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Year of info

1994

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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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4,000-5,000

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Year of info

2003

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Pakistan

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Southern Chitral

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Southern Chitral

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Khowar; Kativiri

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5,030

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2009

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Pakistan

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35.646853, 71.663297

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almost all

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2006

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Persian; Urdu; Khowar

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Since Urdu became the national language of Pakistan in 1947 and increasingly functions as the country’s lingua franca, it has replaced Persian as a compulsory language in the curriculum. From the 1980s the presence of Persian in the educational system became negligible. Despite this, a significant influx of additional Perso-Arabic words has entered the lexicons of all the languages of Pakistan through Urdu.

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2012

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Pakistan

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35.645250, 71.705167;35.492167, 71.701483

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2005

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35.0,72.0

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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  3. World Oral Literature Project
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  4. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  5. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  6. Personal Communication on Kalasha Language
    Pierpaolo DiCarlo. 2012. "Personal Communication On Kalasha Language."
  7. Glottolog
    "Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.
    http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/
  8. Dardic
    Bashir, Elena. 2003. "Dardic." In The Indo-Aryan Languages, edited by George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain. 818-894. London & New York: Routledge.
  9. Dardestān ii. Language
    D.I. Edel'man. 1994. "Dardestān Ii. Language." In Encyclopedia Iranica, Online: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dardestan-#i.
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  10. Indo-iranian Frontier Languages
    Elena Bashir. 2006. "Indo-iranian Frontier Languages." In Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition, Online: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/indo-iranian-frontier-languages-and-the-influence-of-persian.
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  11. Kalasha Dictionary -- with English and Urdu
    Trail, R. L. and G. R. Cooper. 1999. "Kalasha Dictionary -- with English and Urdu." 7: National Institute of Pakistani Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University.
  12. Local case-marking in Kalasha
    Petersen, Jan Heegård. Local Case-marking in Kalasha. PhD thesis, University of Copenhagen, 2006.
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  13. Language policy, multilingualism and language vitality in Pakistan
    Tariq 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.