Badeshi language
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Badeshi is an Indo-Iranian language spoken in the upper reaches of the Bishigram Valley
(Chail), east of Madyan, Swat
, Kohistan in Northern Areas
of Pakistan
.
The Badeshi people of the Bishigram Valley
and the Tirat Valley
number approximately 1,500. Statistics for the towns of Pooran Chakesar, Alai, and Mansehra are not available. The Badeshi people there stopped using their native language completely few generations ago. People in the Bishigram Valley
speak Torwali and in the Tirat Valley
they speak Pashto
.
Muhammad Zaman Sagar, a field linguist, has worked on this language. But as a result of his research during two years, he has collected only about one hundred words. In July 2007 he visited the Bishigram valley again and spent some days with the people there.
Bishigram Valley
Bishigram valley is located in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa....
(Chail), east of Madyan, Swat
Swat (Pakistan)
Swat is a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, located close to the Afghan-Pakistan border. It is the upper valley of the Swat River, which rises in the Hindu Kush range. The capital of Swat is Saidu Sharif, but the main town in the Swat valley is Mingora...
, Kohistan in Northern Areas
Northern Areas
Gilgit-Baltistan , is the northernmost political entity within Pakistan. It borders Pakistan's Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province to the west, Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor to the north, China to the east and northeast, Azad Kashmir to the southwest, and Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir to the...
of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
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The Badeshi people of the Bishigram Valley
Bishigram Valley
Bishigram valley is located in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa....
and the Tirat Valley
Tirat Valley
Tirat Valley is located in Swat, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.Tirat valley is one of the most beautiful places in Swat. It is a historical place and many sites have been found nowadays pointing to Buddhism in the past. Tirat is located at about 3 kilometers from Madyan, which is connected...
number approximately 1,500. Statistics for the towns of Pooran Chakesar, Alai, and Mansehra are not available. The Badeshi people there stopped using their native language completely few generations ago. People in the Bishigram Valley
Bishigram Valley
Bishigram valley is located in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa....
speak Torwali and in the Tirat Valley
Tirat Valley
Tirat Valley is located in Swat, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.Tirat valley is one of the most beautiful places in Swat. It is a historical place and many sites have been found nowadays pointing to Buddhism in the past. Tirat is located at about 3 kilometers from Madyan, which is connected...
they speak Pashto
Pashto language
Pashto , known as Afghani in Persian and Pathani in Punjabi , is the native language of the indigenous Pashtun people or Afghan people who are found primarily between an area south of the Amu Darya in Afghanistan and...
.
Muhammad Zaman Sagar, a field linguist, has worked on this language. But as a result of his research during two years, he has collected only about one hundred words. In July 2007 he visited the Bishigram valley again and spent some days with the people there.