Kalasha language

E264747

Indo-Aryan language endangered language natural language

The Kalasha language is an endangered Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Kalash people in the remote valleys of Chitral District in northern Pakistan.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Kalasha language canonical	4

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Khowar ⓘ surface form: Khowar language
endangermentStatus	endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Kalasha ⓘ surface form: Kalash
hasAlternativeName	Kalasha ⓘ surface form: Kalasha-mondr Kalasha ⓘ surface form: Kalasha-mun Kalashamon ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers	several thousand ⓘ
hasDialect	Birir dialect ⓘ Bumburet dialect ⓘ Rumbur dialect ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom	Arabic ⓘ Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto Persian language ⓘ surface form: Persian Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
hasMorphologicalType	fusional ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive aspiration ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn	Pakistan ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	kls ⓘ
isSubjectOf	descriptive grammars ⓘ phonological studies ⓘ sociolinguistic studies ⓘ
languageBranch	Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
languageSubbranch	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
preservationEfforts	community-based documentation ⓘ orthography development ⓘ
region	Hindu Kush ⓘ northern Pakistan ⓘ
sharesLexiconWith	Khowar ⓘ surface form: Khowar language
spokenBy	Kalash people ⓘ
spokenIn	Chitral District ⓘ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ
spokenInValley	Birir Valley ⓘ Bumburet Valley ⓘ Rumbur Valley ⓘ
threatenedBy	language shift to Khowar ⓘ language shift to Urdu ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ rituals ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kalash people → language → Kalasha language ⓘ

Bumburet Valley → hasLanguage → Kalasha language ⓘ

Chawmos festival → languageUsed → Kalasha language ⓘ

Dardic languages → hasSubgroup → Kalasha language ⓘ