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Also Known As:
Damēlī, Damel, Damedi, Damia, Gudoji, Dardu
Dialects & Varieties
- Shinteri-Dondieri
- Aspar
A Grammatical Description of Dameli
Emil Perder. 2013. A Grammatical Description of Dameli. PhD Dissertation. Stockholm University.
Vulnerable
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5,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 0
Almost all members of the community or ethnic group speak the language, and the number of speakers is stable or increasing.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 1
Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.
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Transmission
Transmission -1
All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
5,000-6,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and the medium for schooling while Pashto is the lingua franca of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (aka North-West Frontier Province) where Dameli is spoken. Khowar is also used frequently in the Chitral district although not in the valley where the Dameli live. One's ability to use Urdu depends on their level of education. Almost all the Dameli speakers possess a high proficiency of Pashto though monolingual Dameli females could be observed.
Location and Context
Countries
Pakistan
Location Description
The speakers of Dameli dwell in the Domel/Damel valley of the southwest Chitral district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan.
Government Support
no
Institutional Support
no
Speakers' Attitude
"Dameli speaker differ from speakers of many of the surrounding minority languages in showing no reluctance to speak their language even in the presence of non-speakers, and appear to lack most of the negative associations that minority speakers worldwide tend to attach to their language." (p.11)
Other Languages Used By The Community
Urdu; Pashto; Khowar
Number of Other Language Speakers:
almost all
Domains of Other Languages:
official domains or with non-Dameli speakers
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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