Kohistani languages

E272884
Indo-Aryan languages language group

The Kohistani languages are a group of closely related Indo-Aryan languages spoken primarily in the mountainous Kohistan and surrounding regions of northern Pakistan.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kohistani languages canonical 8
Dardic languages 1
Indus Kohistani language 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
language group ⓘ
arealFeature contact with neighboring Dardic languages ⓘ
influence from Pashto ⓘ
influence from Urdu ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Khowar ⓘ
Shina ⓘ
contrastWith Pashto (major regional language) ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu (national lingua franca of Pakistan)
documentation described in various surveys of Dardic and Indo-Aryan languages of Pakistan ⓘ
ethnicityAssociated Kohistani people ⓘ
geographicDistribution mountainous regions of northern Pakistan ⓘ
hasMember Bateri ⓘ
Chilisso ⓘ
Gowro ⓘ
Indus Kohistani ⓘ
Kohistani Shina ⓘ
Kohistani varieties of Hindko (broad sense, sometimes included) ⓘ
Torwali ⓘ
Ushojo ⓘ
Wotapuri-Katarqalai ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: Indo-Aryan
linguisticClassificationIssue classification within Dardic is debated among linguists ⓘ
nameEtymology named after Kohistan, meaning “land of mountains” in Persian/Urdu usage ⓘ
region Dir Kohistan ⓘ
Kohistan District (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) ⓘ
Swat Valley ⓘ
surface form: Swat Kohistan

Indus River basin ⓘ
surface form: Upper Indus Valley
sociolinguisticFeature widespread multilingualism with Urdu and Pashto among speakers ⓘ
spokenIn Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Kohistan District ⓘ
surface form: Kohistan region

Pakistan ⓘ
northern Pakistan ⓘ
status many varieties are endangered ⓘ
several varieties are under-documented ⓘ
subclassOf Dardic languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature SOV word order ⓘ
gender distinctions (in many varieties) ⓘ
rich case system (in many varieties) ⓘ
usedAs vernacular languages in local communities ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script (for some varieties) ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Malakand Division → language → Kohistani languages ⓘ
Shina → subfamily → Kohistani languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dardic languages
Kashmiri language → closelyRelatedTo → Kohistani languages ⓘ
Northern Indo-Aryan languages → includesLanguage → Kohistani languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kohistani Indo-Aryan languages
Hindko → hasLinguisticNeighbor → Kohistani languages ⓘ
Pattan → languageSpoken → Kohistani languages ⓘ
Kohistani people → language → Kohistani languages ⓘ
Dasu → hasCommonLocalLanguage → Kohistani languages ⓘ
Torwali → neighboringLanguage → Kohistani languages ⓘ
Kohistani Shina → neighboringLanguage → Kohistani languages ⓘ
Dardic languages → hasSubgroup → Kohistani languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indus Kohistani language