Dameli
Dameli is an Indo-European language spoken in Pakistan. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Dameli (دَميلي), also Damia, Damɛ̃ḍī, Dāmia bāṣa or Gidoj, is an Indo-Iranian language of uncertain classification spoken by approximately 5,000 people in the Domel Valley, in the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.
The Domel Valley is about ten miles south of Drosh on the east end of Chitral River, on the road from the Mirkhani Fort to the pass of Arundu. Dameli is still the main language in the villages where it is spoken, and is regularly learned by children. Most of the men speak Pashto as a second language, and some also speak Khowar and Urdu, but there are no signs of massive language change.
From Wikipedia · Dameli language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Dameli
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ZEn* | |
| name | nEm* | |
| eye | iC* | |
| ear | kar* | |
| nose | nas* | |
| tooth | dEn* | |
| tongue | Zip* | |
| hand | dES* | |
| blood | loy* | |
| bone | Enthi* | |
| skin | gEdrE* | |
| knee | khuta* | |
| breast | CuCu* | |
| liver | pECE* | |
| water | au* | |
| fire | ENgEr* | |
| sun | ser* | |
| star | iStari* | |
| stone | bat* | |
| mountain | CoL* | |
| tree | tra* | |
| leaf | phat* | |
| night | ret* | |
| dog | cunE* | |
| fish | amrEs* | |
| louse | preSu* | |
| one | ek* | |
| two | du* | |
| I | Ej* | |
| you | tu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Chitral KalashaIndo-European34% alike
- Northwest PashayiIndo-European33% alike
- Gawar-BatiIndo-European31% alike
- SaujiIndo-European30% alike
- ShinaIndo-European30% alike
- GawriIndo-European30% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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