Hunza dialect

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The Hunza dialect is a regional variety of the Burushaski language spoken primarily in the Hunza Valley of northern Pakistan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hunza dialect canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of Burushaski
administrativeContext Gilgit-Baltistan administrative territory
closelyRelatedTo Nagar dialect of Burushaski
Yasin dialect of Burushaski
country Pakistan
differentiatedBy lexicon within Burushaski
morphology within Burushaski
phonology within Burushaski
endangermentFactors pressure from Urdu
shift to dominant regional languages
ethnicGroup Burusho people
geographicContext Karakoram
surface form: Karakoram region
hasDialect Lower Hunza subvariety
Upper Hunza subvariety
hasFeature complex verb morphology (inherited from Burushaski)
ergative alignment (inherited from Burushaski)
rich noun class system (inherited from Burushaski)
hasLoanwordsFrom English (via Urdu)
Persian (via Urdu)
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
languageContactWith Shina
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu

Wakhi
languageFamily language isolate (Burushaski)
languageStatus minority language variety
oral tradition dominant
nativeTo Hunza Valley
partOf Burushaski
surface form: Burushaski language
primaryLocationType mountain valley
region Central Hunza
Hunza District
Upper Hunza
sociolinguisticRole marker of Burusho identity in Hunza
spokenIn Gilgit-Baltistan
Hunza Valley
northern Pakistan
subclassOf Burushaski dialect
usedAlongside English (in education and tourism)
Shina
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
usedFor everyday communication in Hunza Valley
usedIn folklore of Hunza Valley
local oral literature
traditional songs of Hunza Valley
writingSystem Arabic script (adapted)
Latin script (romanization)

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

Burushaski hasDialect Hunza dialect
Burúśaski hasDialect Hunza dialect