Bateri language

Bateri
Bateri
بٹیری, बटेरी; Baṭerī; Bhaṭʹe-sa zʹib
Native to	Pakistan, India
Region	Kohistan, Jammu and Kashmir
Native speakers	(29,000 (28,300 in Pakistan, 700 in India). cited 2000)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Dardic Kohistani Bateri; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari (India), Arabic script (Pakistan)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	btv
Glottolog	bate1261
ELP	Bateri

Bateri (بٹیری, बटेरी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mostly in Kohistan District, Pakistan and to a much lesser extent in Jammu and Kashmir, India.^[1]

Status

As of now, there is little research done on the language and is currently being studied and surveyed by organizations like FLI (Forum for Language Initiatives), a Pakistani linguistic resource center based in Islamabad.^[3] The language is currently unwritten however may finally have one in the near future.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Bateri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Usage of Nasta'liq in the Modern Publications - Typography Day" (PDF). Typography Day.
^ "FLI Bateri Status".

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[e18-1] Bateri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "Usage of Nasta'liq in the Modern Publications - Typography Day" (PDF). Typography Day.

[3] "FLI Bateri Status".

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