Kalkoti

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A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3
xka
User Population

6,600 (2018).

Location

Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: Dir Kohistan, Kalkot village.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

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

None known. Lexical similarity: 69% with Gawri [gwc], 59% with Palula [phl], 60% with Savi [sdg]. Kalkoti, Palula and Savi form a cluster of closely related varieties within the Shina group.

Language Use

Adults only. Most shifting to Gawri [gwc] (Liljegren 2013). Most shifting to Northern Pashto [pbu] (Liljegren 2013). Many also use Urdu [urd], especially the educated and those who migrate to Punjab province each winter for employment.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kalkoti
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Muslim.