Also Known As:
Mishaski, Brushaski, Burushaki, Burucaki, Burushki, Burucaski, Biltum, Khajuna, Kunjut
Dialects & Varieties
- Nagar
- Yasin
- Hunza
Recent Resources
The wikipedia page for the Burushaski language of Pakistan.
This is a Burushaski song sung in the Hunza valley of Northern Pakistan.
GILGIT – In pursuit of his passion for the endangered mother languages of Pakistan, Rehmat Aziz Khan
Threatened
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100,300
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
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Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
The Burushaski Language Documentation Project
Bibliography of Locations:
George van Driem. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 283-348. London & New York: Routledge.
Bibliography of Context:
The Burushaski Language Documentation Project