Domaaki

DMK

moribund

Alternate Names: Doma, Dumaki

Dialects: None known. Loanwords from Shina , and Burushaski ,, but not mutually intelligible. Lexical similarity: 40% with Gilgit Shina ,.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Central zone

Demographics: 340 (Matthias 2011), decreasing. Concentrated mostly in one village (Van Driem 2007).

Language Use: Home. Elderly only. Bilingualism is fairly high in Burushaski [bsk], especially among young people. Also use Shina [scl], Urdu [urd].

Language Development: Grammar.

Nation of Origin: Pakistan

Other Comments: Ethnonyms: Bericho, Dom, or Doma. Not all Doms speak Domaaki; most speakers concentrated in Mominabad and Hunza. Muslim.