Gawar-Bati
[aka Gawar-bātī, Narisātī, Narsātī]Classification: Indo-European
·vulnerable
Classification: Indo-European
·vulnerable
Gawar-bātī, Narisātī, Narsātī, Gawar-bati, Gowar-Bati, Gowari, Narsati, Narisati, Arandui, Satre, Dardu |
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Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern Zone |
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Modified Perso-Arabic script |
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Information from: “Languages of Chitral” (xxii+257) . Decker, Kendall D. (1992) National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University and Summer Institute of Linguistics
"There is a possible estimate of 1500 speakers in Pakistan... [reports] would suggest a population of 6500 to 8500 speakers of Gawar-bati in Afghanistan. These are very rough estimations."
"All respondents reported that Gawar-bati is the language of the home, used with wives, children, and extended family members.... Available evidence indicates that it is a viable and relatively vital minority language at present. Within the areas where it is spoken, Gawar-bati is the undisputed choice in all in-group domains, other languages being chosen only when there is a need to communicate with non-Gawar."
Pashto; Urdu; Khowar
"Urdu is the national language and the language prescribed for use in the schools in Pakistan [while] Pashto is the dominant second language in the Gawar area... Respondents indicated that their language is important for use with Gawar-bati speakers from other villages and is important for maintaining a sense of ethnic unity and identity."
"The people who speak Gawar-bati live along the Kunar River, predominantly in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area near the village of Arandu in the Chitral District of
Pakistan."
Information from: “Dardestān ii. Language” . Edel'man, D.I. (1994)
The central subgroup is further subdivided into northern and southern groupings. The northern grouping includes Khowar (or Chitrali, Chitrari, Chatrori, Arniya) and Kalasha in the Chitral region. The southern grouping includes Tirahi, Gawar (or Gawar-bati, lit., “language of the Gawar people”), Katarkalai (or Wotapuri, referring to another dialect), Shumashti, Glangali (closely related Ningalami, reported in the literature but apparently no longer extant), and Pashai, a large group of extremely divergent dialects or closely related languages, in the southern part of Nūrestān and adjacent areas.
Part of Nūrestān and adjacent areas along the Kabul river and its tributaries in the mountain region that encompasses northeastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, and northwestern India
Information from: “Glottolog” .
Information from: “Dardic” (818-894) . Elena Bashir (2003) , George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain · London & New York: Routledge
Data gathered prior to the war
Nishagam (Palazgor), Nari, Birkot, and Dokalam in the Kunar valley, and in Arandu
Most residents were displaced during the war, but many have now returned to their homes.
Information from: “Language policy, multilingualism and language vitality in Pakistan” (73-106) . Tariq Rahman (2006) , Anju Saxena and Lars Borin · Mouton de Gruyter
"Other small languages, Yidgha, Phalura and Gawar-bati, are also losing their vitality"
"Southern Chitral, Arandu, Kunar river along Pakistan-Afghanistan border"