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Kohistani, Indus

A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3: mvy

Population	220,000 (1993).
Region	Indus Kohistan District, west bank Indus River.
Language map	Northern Pakistan, reference number 24
Alternate names	Khili, Kohistani, Kohiste, Mair, Maiyã, Maiyon, Shuthun
Dialects	Indus (Mani, Seo, Pattan, Jijal), Duber-Kandia (Manzari, Khili). A separate language from nearby varieties (Bateri [btv], Chilisso [clh], Gowro [gwf], Shina [scl], Torwali [trw], Kalami [gwc]). The names ‘Mani’ and ‘Manzari’ are not used for dialects, but refer to legendary brothers whose descendants settled in the 2 dialect areas. Lexical similarity: 90% among dialects, 70% with Chilisso, 61% with Gowro, 58% with Bateri, 49% with Shina, 28% with Kalami and Torwali.
Classification	Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern zone, Dardic, Kohistani
Writing system	Arabic script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BACKSTROM, Peter C.; RADLOFF, Carla F., authors. 1992. Languages of northern areas.  

DECKER, Sandra J.; HALLBERG, Daniel G.; RENSCH, Calvin R., authors. 1992. Languages of Kohistan.  

HALLBERG, Calinda E.; HALLBERG, Daniel G., authors. 1999. Indus Kohistani: a preliminary phonological and morphological analysis.

HALLBERG, Daniel G., author. 1992. "The languages of Indus Kohistan."