Bateri (بٹیری, बटेरी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Kohistan District, Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir, India.[1]
Bateri | |
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بٹیری, बटेरी Baṭerī Bhaṭʹe-sa zʹib | |
Native to | Pakistan, India |
Region | Kohistan, Jammu and Kashmir |
Native speakers | 29,000 (2000)[1] |
Language family | Indo-European
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Writing system | Devanagari[1] (India), Arabic script[2] (Pakistan) |
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ISO 639-3 | btv |
Glottolog | bate1261 |
ELP | Bateri |
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.
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