Domaaki language

Domaaki

Spoken in: Pakistan

Region: Hunza Valley

Total speakers: 500 (1989)

Language family: Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Dardic
Shina
Domaaki

Official status

Official language of: none

Regulated by: no official regulation

Language codes

ISO 639-1: none

ISO 639-2: none

ISO/FDIS 639-3: dmk

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Domaaki - also known as Dumaki or Doma - is a language spoken in parts of northern Pakistan.

It belongs to the Indo-European language family, and is on the Dardic group of the Indo-Iranian branch.

It was spoken by an estimated 500 people in 1989 by a people known as 'Bericho', 'Dom' or 'Doma', who are largely Muslim.

It is spoken in the northern parts of the Gilgit District of Pakistan, mainly in a few villages in the Hunza Valley.

[edit] References

Domaaki. Retrieved June 13, 2006, from Ethnologue: Languages of the World, fifteenth edition. SIL International. Online version.

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