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Gawri language
| Gawri | |
|---|---|
| Kalami, Bashkarik, Kohistani | |
| کالامي ګاوری Gāwrī, Kālāmī | |
| Native to | Pakistan |
| Region | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Ethnicity | Kalami people[1] |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2004)[2] |
| Arabic script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gwc |
| Glottolog | kala1373 |
| ELP | Kalami |
| Linguasphere | 59-AAC-c |
Gawri (ګاوری), also known as Kalami (کالامي), Kalam Kohistani[3] and Bashkarik, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Swat Kohistan (also called Kalam) region in the upper Swat District and in the upper Panjkora river valley of Upper Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Gawri and Torwali are collectively classified as "Swat Kohistani".[4]
- ^ "The past and present of Gawri language". 5 February 2018.
- ^ Gawri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Baart, Joan L. G. (1997). The Sounds and Tones of Kalam Kohistani: With Wordlist and Texts. National Institute of Pakistan Studies. p. 1. ISBN 978-969-8023-03-4.
- ^ Rensch, Calvin Ross; Decker, Sandra J.; Hallberg, Daniel G. (1992). "Volume I: Languages of Kohistan". In Clare F. O’Leary (ed.). Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan. National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University. ISBN 969-8023-11-9.
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