Assignment 1
Endangered Languages
Chilisso
Other names: Chiliss, Galos, Dardu, Chilso.
Classification: The classification of
this language has been done in Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan,
Northwestern Zone.
Language family:
Dardic, Kohistani
This language is
threatened with 40% certainty based on the evidence available.
According to
information collected till 1992 the number of native speakers worldwide was
2,000-3,000.
It is at level 2 in
speaker number trends. A majority of community members speak Chilisso but
speaker number is gradually decreasing.
It is “under great
pressure by Shina. According to Hallberg,’a point which further underscores he
idea that language shift is taking place in this community is the fact that of
the 13 individuals who were asked, 4 said that they spoke Chalisso in their
homes as a child but speak Shina in their homes now.’ (Hallberg in SSNPV Vol.1,
1992: 122-123).”
Shina is the other
language spoken by the community in Pakistan.
Location description
for Chalisso is Koli, Palas, Jalkot Indus Kohistan.
No dialects known but
has lexical similarities with Indus Kohistani (70%), Gowro (65%-68%), Bateri
(54%), Kohistani Shina (48%-56%), Torwali (26%), Kalami (25%).
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