Kalasha

E722614

Indo-Aryan language endangered language natural language

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

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Observed surface forms (4)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Khowar NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedBy	linguistic fieldwork ⓘ
endangermentStatus	definitely endangered ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Kalasha-mondr NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalashamon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers	3000 ⓘ
hasCase	nominative ⓘ oblique ⓘ vocative ⓘ
hasGender	feminine ⓘ masculine ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	grammatical gender ⓘ rich case system ⓘ verbal aspect distinctions ⓘ
hasNumber	plural ⓘ singular ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive aspiration ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3	kls ⓘ
lexifierFamily	Indo-European NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	minority language of Pakistan ⓘ
region	northern Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy	Kalash people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Chitral District NERFINISHED ⓘ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInValley	Birir Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Bumburet Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Rumbur Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Dardic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-European languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectTo	language shift to Khowar ⓘ language shift to Urdu ⓘ
usedIn	Kalash religious rituals ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

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

Northern Indo-Aryan languages → includesLanguage → Kalasha ⓘ

Waigali → hasAlternativeName → Kalasha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalasha-ala

Rumbur Valley → hasLanguage → Kalasha ⓘ