Mankiyali

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A language of Pakistan

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Alternate Names
Tarawara, Tarawari, Trawari
User Population

500 (Anjum 2016).

Location

Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: Mansehra district, Badi Shungli union council, Dana village.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Northwestern, Dardic, Kohistani
Dialects

None known. Related to Bateri [btv]. Lexical similarity: 42% with Bateri [btv], 41% with Gowro [gwf], 39% with Gujari [gju], 36% with Northern Hindko [hno], 34% with Ushojo [ush] (Anjum 2016).

Typology

30 consonants and 16 vowels; tonal.

Language Use

Home, community. Some of all ages. Most also use Northern Pashto [pbu] (Anjum 2016). Most also use Urdu [urd] (Anjum 2016). Some also use English [eng] (Anjum 2016). Also use Northern Hindko [hno], with many youth shifting.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mankiyali
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].