Saturday, March 20, 2010

Written Burushaski;

Burushaski Language: بروشسکی زبان

Burushaski is an islolated language and unknown to be related t o any language in the world. Burusho people live in the Hunza, Nager and Yaseen, and parts of the Gilgit valleys in the Gilgit Baltistan people in North Pakistan. It is also spoken by some 300 speakers in Siri Nager in India.

There is another name of Burushaski which is call ed Kanjuut but its to be said that the old name of Hunza was Kanjuut that's why people used this name for the language.

Numerous words from other languages such as Urdu, English, Sansikrat, Persion and other languages words received and from neighboring Dardic Language such as Khuwaar and Shinaa, as well as a few from Turkic Language, but the original vocabulary remains largely intact. The Dardic languages also contain large numbers of loa nwords from Burushaski.

There are three divergent dialects, named after the main valleys: Hunza, Nager and Yaseen (also called Werchikwār). The dialect of Yaseen is thought to be the least affected by with neighboring languages and is generally less similar to the other two than those are to each other; nevertheless all three dialects are mutually intelligible.

Burushaski can be written as well as spoken. The first writer and poet of Burushaski is Allamah Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai (Founder of Burushaski) who used his own alphabets. The Burushaski Research Academy in cooperation with Karachi University, has published the first volume (alif to cha) of Burushaski-Urdu Dictionary three years ago and Burushaski Dictionary 2nd Vol is also has also published recently from same university.


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