The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: DMK
ISO 639-2: inc
| Population | 500 (1989). |
| Region | Gilgit District, Northern Areas, mainly in Hunza Valley, Mominabad village, a few households in Big Nagar, Shishkat (Gojal), Dumial in Gilgit, Oshkandas (east of Gilgit), and Bakor village in Punyal. |
| Alternate names | DUMAKI, DOMA |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern zone, Dardic, Shina. |
| Comments | It has loan words from Shina and Burushaski, but is not intelligible to speakers of those languages. 40% lexical similarity with Gilgit Shina. Bilingualism in Burushaski is fairly high, especially among young people. Shina and Urdu also used as second languages. Domaaki is used in the home. The people are called 'Bericho', 'Dom', or 'Doma.' Musicians and blacksmiths. Muslim. |
