Bateri (بٹیری, बटेरी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mostly in Kohistan District, Pakistan and to a much lesser extent in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[1]

Bateri
بٹیری, बटेरी
Baṭerī
Bhaṭʹe-sa zʹib
Native toPakistan, India
RegionKohistan, Jammu and Kashmir
Native speakers
29,000 (28,300 in Pakistan, 700 in India). (2000)[1]
Devanagari[1] (India), Arabic script[2] (Pakistan)
Language codes
ISO 639-3btv
Glottologbate1261
ELPBateri

Status

edit

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.

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c Bateri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Usage of Nasta'liq in the Modern Publications - Typography Day" (PDF). Typography Day.
  3. ^ "FLI Bateri Status".