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ภาษาบูรุศซัสกี

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ภาษาบูรุศซัสกี

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Also known as Burushaski language, Brushaski, Burusho, Burúśaski, ISO bsk

Burushaski (; , ) is a language isolate, spoken by the Burusho people, who predominantly reside in northern Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. There are also a few hundred speakers of this language in northern Jammu and Kashmir, India.

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Burushaski is a unique language spoken by the Burusho people in the mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, with some speakers also in northern India. It is classified as a language isolate, meaning it is not known to be related to any other language, making it linguistically significant for understanding human language diversity.

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Key facts

Language.name
Burushaski
Language.states
Pakistan, India
Language.region
Hunza, Nagar, Ghizer, Gilgit (Pakistan) and Hari Parbat, Jammu and Kashmir (India)
Language.ethnicity
Burusho
Language.date
2018–2020
Language.ref
e27
Language.familycolor
Isolate
Language.family
Language isolate
Language.dia1
Yasin
Language.dia2
Hunza-Nagar
Language.script
Arabic script
Language.iso3
bsk
Language.map
Burshaski-lang.png
Language.map2
Lang Status 80-VU.svg
Language.notice
IPA
Language.glotto
buru1296
Language.glottorefname
Burushaski
Language.image
150px

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Subclass of
human language
Country
India
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Wikimedia language code
bsk
indigenous to
Jammu and Kashmir
topic's main category
Category:Burushaski
writing system
Arabic script
native label
بُرُݸشسکݵ
ethnic group
Burusho people
Commons category
Burushaski language
number of speakers, writers, or signers
55000
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