Badeshi language

Badeshi
Badeshi
	Badeshi written in the Arabic script
Native to	Pakistan
Region	Bishigram Valley, Chail
Ethnicity	Badeshi people
Native speakers	3 (2018)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian (unclassified) Badeshi; ; ;
Writing system	Arabic script, words also transcribed in Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bdz
Glottolog	bade1240

Badeshi is an unclassified Indo-Iranian language spoken in northern Pakistan.^[3] The language is critically endangered and considered at risk of extinction. In 2018, the BBC found three men who could still speak the language.^[1]

Muhammad Zaman Sagar, a field linguist connected to the Forum for Language Initiative, has worked on this language. But as a result of his research during two years, he collected only about one hundred words.^[1] In July 2007, he visited the Bishigram Valley again and spent some days with the people there. There are efforts to retain a record of the language by linguist Zubair Torwali among others.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Usage of Nasta'liq in the Modern Publications - Typography Day" (PDF). Typography Day.
^ Hulst, Harry van der; Goedemans, Rob; Zanten, Ellen van (2010). A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World. Walter de Gruyter. p. 551. ISBN 978-3-11-019631-3.
^ Khaliq, Fazal (10 January 2018). "Swat's ancient language breathing its last". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

[BBC-1] Cite error: The named reference BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] "Usage of Nasta'liq in the Modern Publications - Typography Day" (PDF). Typography Day.

[3] Hulst, Harry van der; Goedemans, Rob; Zanten, Ellen van (2010). A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World. Walter de Gruyter. p. 551. ISBN 978-3-11-019631-3.

[4] Khaliq, Fazal (10 January 2018). "Swat's ancient language breathing its last". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

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