Gawar-Bati
Gawar-Bati is an Indo-European language spoken in Pakistan and Afghanistan, by about 9,500 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Gawar-Bati or Narsati is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Chitral region of northern Pakistan, and across the border in Afghanistan. It is also known as Aranduyiwar in Chitral because it is spoken in Arandu, which is the last village in lower Chitral and is also across the border from Berkot in Afghanistan. There are about 9,000 speakers of Gawar-Bati, with 1,500 in Pakistan, and 7,500 in Afghanistan. The name Gawar-Bati means "speech of the Gawar", a people detailed by the Cacopardos in their study of the Hindu Kush.
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Words in Gawar-Bati
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | manuS* | |
| name | nam* | |
| eye | yicin* | |
| ear | k3mt3* | |
| nose | nasi* | |
| tooth | d3nth* | |
| tongue | zip* | |
| hand | ast* | |
| blood | lo* | |
| bone | h3duki* | |
| skin | g3L* | |
| breast | hEr3* | |
| water | آوُو | āvu |
| fire | h3Ngar* | |
| sun | suri* | |
| star | tar3* | |
| stone | wat* | |
| tree | mot3* | |
| leaf | f3t3* | |
| night | yEl* | |
| dog | Sun3* | |
| fish | m3Cot3* | |
| one | y3k* | |
| two | du* | |
| I | a* | |
| you | tu* | |
| we | 3m3* | |
| drink | pi* | |
| see | balu* | |
| hear | Sudu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- ShumashtiIndo-European39% alike
- SaujiIndo-European39% alike
- Northwest PashayiIndo-European38% alike
- Chitral KalashaIndo-European36% alike
- Wotapuri-KatarqalaiIndo-European36% alike
- GawriIndo-European31% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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