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Also Known As:
Torwālī, Turvali, Dardu
Dialects & Varieties
- Bahrain
- Chail
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Music, Dance, and Performing Arts
Poetry and Literature
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Zubair TorwaliPublished on:
Music, Dance, and Performing Arts
Music, Dance, and Performing Arts
Poetry and Literature
Poetry and Literature
Attitudes and Identity
Attitudes and Identity
Submitted by
Zubair TorwaliPublished on:
Music, Dance, and Performing Arts
Music, Dance, and Performing Arts
Poetry and Literature
Poetry and Literature
Attitudes and Identity
Attitudes and Identity
Submitted by
Zubair TorwaliPublished on:
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Torwali is an endangered language spoken by over 100,000 people in the idyllic valley Swat-Kohistan
Vulnerable
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Between 80,000 - 120,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
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Almost all members of the community or ethnic group speak the language, and the number of speakers is stable or increasing.
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Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.
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All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Lunsford, Wayne A. An Overview of Linguistic Structures in Torwali, A Language of Northern Pakistan. Master thesis, University of Texas at Arlington, 2001.
Bibliography of Locations:
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Ecological planning towards language revitalization: The Torwali minority language in Pakistan