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Indo-Aryan language of Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kundal Shahi (کنڈل شاہی, Kunḍal Šāhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 700 people in the Kundal Shahi village of Neelam Valley in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.[2] It is an endangered language and its speakers are shifting to Hindko.[3]
Kundal Shahi | |
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کنڈل شاہی Kunḍal Šāhī | |
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Native to | Pakistan |
Region | Neelam Valley |
Native speakers | 700 (2005)[1] |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | shd |
Glottolog | kund1257 |
Coordinates: 34.5548°N 73.8439°E |
The following tables set out the phonology of Kundal Shahi.[4]
Kundal Shahi is unusual amongst Dardic languages in that it has front rounded vowels.[5]
Like Kashmiri, Kundal Shahi is unusual amongst Dardic languages in that it lacks retroflex fricatives and affricates.[5]
Kundal Shahi, like many Dardic languages, has either phonemic tone or, as in Kundal Shahi, pitch accent.[6] Words may have only one accented mora, which is associated with high pitch; the remaining mora have a default or low pitch.[5]
Kundal Shahi is severely endangered with less than 500 speakers, most of whom are over the age of 40.[7]