Gawri language

"Gawri" redirects here. Not to be confused with Gauri, Gavri, the Gawari language of India, or the Gawar-Bati language of Chitral.
Gawri
Kalami, Bashkarik, Kohistani
کالامي ګاوری
Gāwrī, Kālāmī
Native toPakistan
RegionKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
EthnicityKalami people[1]
Native speakers
100,000 (2004)[2]
Arabic script
Language codes
ISO 639-3gwc
Glottologkala1373
ELPKalami
Linguasphere59-AAC-c
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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]

  1. ^ "The past and present of Gawri language".
  2. ^ Gawri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ 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.
  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.