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.

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
- Khowar
- Kalasha-mun
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
- Brokskad The Shina of Baltistan and Ladakh
- Domaaki
- Kohistani Shina
- Palula
- Savi
- Ushojo

External links

Dardic language tree

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