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Gawar-Bati

A language of Afghanistan

Population	8,000 in Afghanistan. Population total all countries: 9,500.
Region	Kunar Valley. 8 or 9 villages. Also in Pakistan.
Language map	Afghanistan, reference number 3
Alternate names	Arandui, Gowari, Narisati, Narsati, Satre
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 47% with Shumashti [sts], 44% with Dameli [dml], 42% with Savi [sdg] and Grangali [nli].
Classification	Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern zone, Dardic, Kunar
Language use	Some also use Southern Pashto [pbt].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Comments	Muslim (Sunni).

Also spoken in:

Pakistan

Language name	Gawar-Bati
Population	1,500 in Pakistan (1992).
Region	South Chitral, Arandu; Kunar River south of Arandu, Madaglasht village.
Language map	Northern Pakistan, reference number 13
Alternate names	Arandui, Gowar-Bati, Gowari, Narisati, Narsati, Satre
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. Some also use Pashto.
Comments	Muslim (Sunni).

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

DECKER, Kendall D., author. 1992. Languages of Chitral.

This web edition of the Ethnologue contains all the content of the print edition and may be cited as:
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.

Bibliography data last updated: April-2012
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