language spoken in Chitral, Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Kalasha | |
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Kalasha-mondr | |
Native to | Pakistan (Chitral District) |
Region | Chitral: Bumburet, Rumbur and Birir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Ethnicity | Kalash |
Native speakers | 5,030 (2000)[1] 6,000 (2010)[2] |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kls |
ELP | Kalasha |
Linguasphere | 59-AAB-ab |
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