Kalash language

Kalasha
Kalasha-mondr
Native toPakistan (Chitral District)
RegionChitral: Bumburet, Rumbur and Birir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
EthnicityKalash
Native speakers
(5,030 cited 2000)[1]
6,000 (2010)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kls
ELPKalasha
Linguasphere59-AAB-ab

Kalash or Kalasha (also known as Kalasha-mun) is an Indo-European language in the Indo-Aryan branch, further classified as a Dardic language in the Chitral Group. However, this Dardic classification is questionable because only 53% of the commonly used words in Kalash have cognates in Khowar language.

References

  1. ↑ Kalasha at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  2. ↑ Khowar Academy


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