Pashayi, Northwest

GLH

vigorous

Alternate Names: Pashai

Dialects: Alasai, Bolaghain, Gulbahar, Kohnadeh, Laurowan, Najil, Nangarach, Pachagan, Pandau, Parazhghan, Pashagar, Sanjan, Shamakot, Shutul, Uzbin, Wadau. Unintelligible of other Pashayi speakers. Lexical similarity: approximately 30% with Southeast Pashayi ,.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Northwestern zone
Dardic
Pashayi

Demographics: 70,000 (2011 SIL).

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Afghanistan

Other Comments: Muslim (Sunni).