| Bateri | |
|---|---|
| بٹیری, बटेरी Baṭerī Bhaṭʹe-sa zʹib | |
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| Native to | Pakistan, India |
| Region | Kohistan, Jammu and Kashmir |
Native speakers | (29,000 (28,300 in Pakistan, 700 in India). cited 2000)1 |
| Devanagari1 (India), Arabic script2 (Pakistan) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | btv |
| Glottolog | bate1261 |
| ELP | Bateri |
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
Status
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
References
- Bateri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- "Usage of Nasta'liq in the Modern Publications - Typography Day" (PDF). Typography Day.
- "FLI Bateri Status".