Dardic languages
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The Dardic languages are the languages of the Dard people. They form a subfamily of the Indo-Iranian languages.
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. [link]. 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
- *Kalasha-mun
- *Khowar
- Kashmiri languages
- *Kashmiri
- *Kishtawari
- *Poguli
- Kohistani languages
- *Bateri
- *Chilisso
- *Gowro
- *Indus Kohistani
- *Kalami
- *Kalkoti
- *Tirahi
- *Torwali
- *Wotapuri-Katarqalai
- Kunar languages
- *Pashayi languages
- **Northeast Pashayi
- **Northwest Pashayi
- **Southeast Pashayi
- **Southwest Pashayi
- *Dameli
- *Gawar-Bati
- *Grangali
- *Ningalami
- *Zemiaki
- *Shumashti
- Shina languages
- *Gilgiti Shina main dialect
- *Astori Shina
- *Brokstat
- *Domaaki
- *Kohistani Shina
- *Palula
- *Savi
- *Ushojo
See also
External links
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