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Savi

A language of Afghanistan

ISO 639-3: sdg

Population  3,000 in Afghanistan (1983).
Region  Kunar River, Sau village. Possibly refugee camps in Pakistan. Also in Pakistan.
Language map  Afghanistan, reference number 13
Alternate names   Sau, Sauji, Sawi
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 56%–58% with Phalura [phl].
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern zone, Dardic, Shina
Language use  Also use Southern Pashto [pbt].
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Comments  Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Pakistan

Language name   Savi
Region  Some might live in refugee camps near Timargarha in Dir, Pakistan and near Drosh in Chitral, Pakistan. Probably most returned to Afghanistan.
Alternate names  Sau, Sauji, Sawi
Language use  Also use Pashto [pus].
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Comments  Muslim.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

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

LILJEGREN, Henrik, author. 2009. "The Dangari tongue of Choke and Machoke: tracing the proto-language of Shina enclaves in the Hindu Kush."