Burushaski

E85247

Burushaski is a language isolate spoken by the Burusho people in northern Pakistan, particularly in the Hunza, Nagar, and Yasin valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Burushaski canonical 29
Burushaski language 5
Burushaski (a language isolate) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language isolate
natural language
basicWordOrder SOV
country Pakistan
ethnicGroup Burusho people
geneticRelation no widely accepted relation to other language families
glottologCode buru1296
hasAlternativeName Burúśaski
Khajuna (exonym, obsolete/pejorative)
hasApproximateSpeakers 90000
hasCaseSystem multiple grammatical cases
hasCulturalAssociation Hunza Valley culture
Nagar Valley culture
Yasin Valley culture
hasDialect Hunza dialect
Nagar dialect
Werchikwar dialect
Yasin dialect
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
English
Kashmiri
Persian
linked to: Persian language

Shina
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb morphology
ergative alignment
rich noun class system
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNotableGrammarWork Hermann Berger’s Burushaski grammar
hasNounClasses four noun classes
hasPhonologicalFeature tone-like pitch distinctions (analysed variably)
ISO639-3Code bsk
languageFamily language isolate
languageStatus vulnerable
neighboringLanguage Shina
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language

Wakhi
region northern Pakistan
spokenIn Gilgit-Baltistan
Hunza Valley
Nagar Valley
Pakistan
Yasin Valley
linked to: Ghizer Valley
studiedBy linguist D. L. R. Lorimer
linguist Georg Morgenstierne
linguist Hermann Berger
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gilgit-Baltistan spokenLanguage Burushaski
Hunza Valley primaryEthnicGroup Burusho
linked to: Burushaski
Hunza Valley primaryLanguages Burushaski
Hispar Glacier languageOfToponym Burushaski
Gilgit commonlySpokenLanguage Burushaski
Ghizer Valley languageSpoken Burushaski
Northern Pakistan hasLanguage Burushaski
subject linked to: northern Pakistan
Dené–Caucasian hasProposedMember Burushaski language
linked to: Burushaski
Dené–Caucasian involvesLanguageIsolate Burushaski
Karimabad localLanguage Burushaski
Gojal otherLanguage Burushaski
Hussaini hasLanguage Burushaski
Lower Hunza hasLanguage Burushaski
Hunza District hasLanguage Burushaski
Hispar village languageSpoken Burushaski
Aliabad localLanguage Burushaski
Gilgiti Shina coexistsWith Burushaski
Nagar Valley hasLanguage Burushaski
Burusho people language Burushaski
Hunza dialect partOf Burushaski language
linked to: Burushaski
Werchikwar dialect partOf Burushaski language
linked to: Burushaski
Werchikwar dialect languageIsolateOf Burushaski (a language isolate)
linked to: Burushaski
Werchikwar dialect hasAncestor Burushaski
Burúśaski hasAlternativeName Burushaski
Hermann Berger fieldOfWork Burushaski language
subject linked to: linguist Hermann Berger
linked to: Burushaski
Hermann Berger studied Burushaski language
subject linked to: linguist Hermann Berger
linked to: Burushaski
Yasin Valley culture language Burushaski
Ghizer District hasLanguage Burushaski
Attabad languageSpoken Burushaski
Shishkat hasPrimaryLanguage Burushaski
Shishkat village languageSpoken Burushaski
GB hasLocalLanguages Burushaski
Hunza hasLanguage Burushaski
Gojal Valley primaryLanguage Burushaski