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Kalasha

A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3: kls

Population	5,030 (2000).
Region	South Chitral District, Rumbur Valley, Balanguru village. Southern Kalasha in Urtsun Valley; Northern Kalasha in Rumbur, Bumboret, and Birir valleys.
Language map	Northern Pakistan, reference number 8
Alternate names	Kalash, Kalashamon, Kelash
Dialects	Southern Kalasha (Urtsun), Northern Kalasha (Rumbur, Bumboret, Birir). An eastern dialect may be on the east side of Chitral River, south of Drosh. Related to Khowar [khw]. Little contact between Northern and Southern dialects. Southern dialect has 75% lexical similarity with northern dialects.
Classification	Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern zone, Dardic, Chitral
Language use	Home and for in-group communication in the north. In the south Khowar or Kati [bsh] sometimes used in the home for ingroup communication. Also use some Urdu [urd].
Writing system	Arabic script.
Comments	SOV. Pastoralists: goats, sheep, cattle; agriculturalists: wheat, barley, corn, apples, mulberries, walnuts, grapes. Traditional religion, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

COOPER, Gregory R.; TRAIL, Ronald L., compilers. 1999. Kalasha dictionary—with English and Urdu.

DECKER, Kendall D., author. 1992. Factors affecting language maintenance and shift in Chitral District, Pakistan.

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

HALE, Austin; TRAIL, Ronald L., authors. 1995. A rhetorical structure analysis of a Kalasha narrative.

TRAIL, Gail H., author. 1996. "Tysam revisited: a study of Kalasha origins."

TRAIL, Ronald L., author. 1996. "Kalasha case-marking system."