DARDIC LANGUAGES

The 'Dardic languages' are the languages of the Dard people, various ethnic groups living in Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. The languages form a subfamily of the Indo-Iranian languages.

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Problems with Familial Classification

Divisions into sub-groups

See also

External links

Problems with Familial Classification

Labelling the Dardic languages as a linguistic sub-family poses a few problems since these languages are not related to each other genetically besides being Indo-Iranian. The term Dardic is thus more of a geographical reference to a collection of more or less Indo-Iranian language isolates than an actual familial designation. Their relationship to the other subfamilies of the Indo-Iranian is not yet settled, though some linguistics texts tend to classify some of them as a sub-group of Indo-Aryan languages.

Divisions into sub-groups

Each subfamily in this list contains subgroups and individual languages.

★ Chitral languages

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★ Khowar

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★ Kalasha-mun

★ Kashmiri languages

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★ Kashmiri

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★ Kishtawari

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★ Poguli

★ Kohistani languages

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★ Bateri

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★ Chilisso

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★ Gowro

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★ Indus Kohistani

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★ Kalami

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★ Kalkoti

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★ Tirahi

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★ Torwali

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★ Wotapuri-Katarqalai

★ Kunar languages

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★ Pashayi languages

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★ Northeast Pashayi

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★ Northwest Pashayi

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★ Southeast Pashayi

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★ Southwest Pashayi

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★ Dameli

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★ Gawar-Bati

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★ Grangali

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★ Nangalami (Ningalami)

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★ Zemiaki

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★ Shumashti

★ Shina languages

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★ Gilgiti Shina main dialect

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★ Astori Shina

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★ Brokskad The Shina of Baltistan and Ladakh

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★ Domaaki

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★ Kohistani Shina

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★ Palula

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★ Savi

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★ Ushojo

See also

★ Dard people

★ Nuristani languages

External links

★ Dardic language tree