Badeshi is an unclassified

Indo-Iranian language The Indo-Iranian languages (also Indo-Iranic languages or Aryan languages) constitute the largest and southeasternmost extant branch of the Indo-European language family (with over 400 languages), predominantly spoken in the geographical subre ...

spoken in Pakistan. The language is critically endangered and considered at risk of extinction. In 2018 the

BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...

found three men who could still speak the language. Muhammad Zaman Sagar, a field linguist connected to the Forum for Language Initiative, has worked on this language. But as a result of his research during two years, he collected only about one hundred words. In July 2007, he visited the

Bishigram Valley Bishigram (بیشیگرام) valley is located in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The valley is home to the last native-speakers of the near-extinct Badeshi language. References Populated places in Swat District Swat Dist ...

again and spent some days with the people there. There are efforts to retain a record of the language by linguist Zubair Torwali among others. In 2018, BBC reporters found three old men (Said Gul, Ali Sher and Rahim Gul) who could still speak Badeshi in the

in Northern Pakistan. They said that the

Torwali language Torwali () is an Indo-Aryan language mainly spoken in the Bahrain and Chail areas of the Swat District in Pakistan. The language and other non-Pashtun communities are often referred to as "Kohistani" which is a name given by the Swat Pashtuns. ...

had taken over from Badeshi in their village. The men also had worked in tourist areas in the

Swat valley Swat District (, ps, سوات ولسوالۍ, ) is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. With a population of 2,309,570 per the 2017 national census, Swat is the 15th-largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pro ...

where they spoke

Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languag ...

. Some phrases of Badeshi were: * - My name is Rahim Gul * - I speak Badeshi * - How do you do? * - I have eaten * - There is not much snowfall this year

References

External links

The Badeshi People in Bishigram and Tirat valley, Swat

Badeshi: Only three people speak this 'extinct' language

Badeshi bible scripture
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