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Also Known As:
Torwālī, Turvali, Dardu
Dialects & Varieties
- Bahrain
- Chail
Stories
Music, Dance, and Performing Arts
Music, Dance, and Performing Arts
Poetry and Literature
Poetry and Literature
Attitudes and Identity
Attitudes and Identity
Submitted by
Zubair TorwaliPublished on:
Music, Dance, and Performing Arts
Music, Dance, and Performing Arts
Poetry and Literature
Poetry and Literature
Attitudes and Identity
Attitudes and Identity
Submitted by
Zubair TorwaliPublished on:
Music, Dance, and Performing Arts
Music, Dance, and Performing Arts
Poetry and Literature
Poetry and Literature
Attitudes and Identity
Attitudes and Identity
Submitted by
Zubair TorwaliPublished on:
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Language in Society
Language Documentation, Research, and Archiving
Torwali is a Dardic language spoken by a community of about 80,000–110,000 in the idyllic valleys of
This is a research paper on the Dardic origin of Swat which is not known to many.
Vulnerable
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Between 80,000 - 120,000
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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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Lunsford, Wayne A. An Overview of Linguistic Structures in Torwali, A Language of Northern Pakistan. Master thesis, University of Texas at Arlington, 2001.
Bibliography of Locations:
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Ecological planning towards language revitalization: The Torwali minority language in Pakistan