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Eastern Kata-vari also locally known as Shekhani is a variety of the Kata-vari language spoken in Chitral district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[3] The Kamviri language is also known as Shekhani. The Khowar name for the dialect is Sheikhwar[4] which means "Language of the Sheikhs or converts."[5] Some linguists consider Shekhani or Eastern Kata-vari a different language due to the isolation from other Nuristani languages other than Kamviri.[6][7] Kamviri Shekhani is different than Eastern Kata-vari which is also called Shekhani.[8]

"Shekhani" redirects here. For the other language with the same name, see Kamviri.
Not to be confused with Shikhany.
Eastern Kata-vari
شیخانی (Shekhani)
Native toPakistan
RegionLutkuh Valley (Gobor, Shekhandeh, Rumbur, Badogar, and Urstsun), Upper Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Native speakers
1,500[1][2]
Language family
Indo-European
Writing system
Khowar alphabet (Perso-Arabic)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bsh

In August 2022, Pakistani linguist, Rehmat Aziz Chitrali proposed a keyboard to Khowar Academy, Chitral.[9]


Speakers


The speakers of Eastern Kata-vari migrated from Kamdesh in Nuristan in modern-day Afghanistan to Lutkuh Valley in Chitrali Princely State in British Raj during the 19th century.[10] Most Shekhani speakers speak either Pashto or Khowar as a second language. Many Shekhani speakers often marry the minority Pashtuns in the area.[11]


Phonology



Consonants


Labial Dental/
Alveolar		 Palato-
alveolar		 Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t ʈ k
voiced b d ɖ ɡ
Affricate voiceless t͡s t͡ʃ t͡ʂ tɕ
voiced d͡ʒ d͡ʐ
Fricative voiceless (f) s ʃ ʂ ɕ (x) h
voiced v z (ʒ) ʐ ʑ (ɣ)
Nasal m n ɳ ŋ
Tap ɾ (ɽ)
Approximant lateral l
central ɻ (j)

Vowels


Front Central Back
High i ə u
Mid e o
Low a

References


  1. Frawley, William J. (May 1, 2003). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-977178-3 – via Google Books.
  2. "Writing System for Shekhani Language being developed". Pakngos.com.pk. April 15, 2021.
  3. "Experts work to develop writing system in Shekhani language". Chitraltoday.net. April 15, 2021.
  4. "Chitral Times || News Detail ||". Chitraltimes.com.
  5. "The languages of northern Pakistan | Political Economy". Thenews.com.pk.
  6. Baart, Joan (January 1, 2001). "Bibliography of Languages of Northern Pakistan, compiled by Joan L.G. Baart and Esther L. Baart-Bremer". NIPS-SIL Working Paper Series 1.
  7. "Dardic languages – RASHID AHMED GABARO". Rashidgabbaro.com. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  8. Grimes, Barbara F.; Pittman, Richard Saunders; Grimes, Joseph Evans (July 25, 1996). Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Summer Institute of Linguistics. ISBN 9781556710261 – via Google Books.
  9. Chitrali, Rehmat Aziz. "Shekhani Keyboard". Keyman. Khowar Academy. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  10. "Linguistic Diversity, Multilingualism and Social Empowerment in Northern Pakistan" (PDF). Linguapax.org. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  11. Rensch, Calvin Ross (July 25, 1992). "Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan: Languages of Chitral". National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University – via Google Books.


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