Bateri language

Indo-Aryan language spoken in South Asia
Bateri
بٹیری, बटेरी
Baṭerī
Bhaṭʹe-sa zʹib
Native toPakistan, India
RegionKohistan, Jammu and Kashmir
Native speakers
29,000 (28,300 in Pakistan, 700 in India). (2000)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
  • Indo-Iranian
    • Indo-Aryan
      • Dardic
        • Kohistani
          • Bateri
Writing system
Devanagari[1] (India), Arabic script[2] (Pakistan)
Language codes
ISO 639-3btv
Glottologbate1261
ELPBateri

Bateri (بٹیری, बटेरी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mostly in Kohistan District, Pakistan and to a much lesser extent in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[1]

Status

As of now, there is little research done on the language and is currently being studied and surveyed by organizations like FLI (Forum for Language Initiatives), a Pakistani linguistic resource center based in Islamabad.[3] The language is currently unwritten however may finally have one in the near future.

References

  1. ^ a b c Bateri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Usage of Nasta'liq in the Modern Publications - Typography Day" (PDF). Typography Day.
  3. ^ "FLI Bateri Status".
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