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Phalura

A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3: phl

Population	10,000 (2006).
Region	East side of the lower Chitral Valley, 7 villages; possibly 1 village in Dir Kohistan; Purigal, Ghos, the Biori Valley, Kalkatak, and Ashret.
Language map	Northern Pakistan, reference number 9
Alternate names	Biyori, Dangarik, Palola, Palula, Phalulo
Dialects	Ashreti, Northern Phalura. Lexical similarity: 92% between Ashreti and Northern Phalura dialects, 56%–58% with Savi [sdg] in Afghanistan, 38%–42% with Shina [scl].
Classification	Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern zone, Dardic, Shina
Language use	Also use Khowar [khw].
Writing system	Arabic script.
Comments	Called ‘Phalulo’. Muslim (Sunni).

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

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

Decker, Kendall D. 1992. Languages of Chitral.  

Liljegren, Henrik and Nasim Haider. Created: 2005. Palula phonology summary.  

Liljegren, Henrik. 2008. Towards a grammatical description of Palula: an Indo-Aryan language of the Hindu Kush.  

Vernacular Publications

Palula Alif, be. 2006.

Palula shiluuka. 2006.