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<p>116.71.223.196: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Badeshi''' is a northwestern [[Iranian language]] spoken by over 10,000 people in upper reaches of [[Bishigram Valley]] (Chail), east of [[Madyan]], [[Swat (Pakistan)|Swat]], [[Kohistan District, Pakistan|Kohistan]] in [[Northern Areas]] of [[Pakistan]].<br /> <br /> Badeshi people of [[Bishigram Valley]] and [[Tirat Valley]] are total around 1,500 in numbers. The figures of Pooran Chakesar, Alai, and Mansehra towns is not available. Badeshi people stopped using their native language completely few generations ago. In [[Bishigram Valley]], they only speak [[Torwali]] and in [[Tirat Valley]] they speak [[Pashto language|Pashto]].<br /> <br /> Muhammad Zaman Sagar, a field linguist is working on this language. But his research over the 2 years, he has just collected one hundered words so far. In July 2007 he visited again the Bishigram valley and spent some days with those people there. <br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bdz Badeshi language]<br /> * [http://www.geocities.com/kcs_kalam/badeshi.html The Badeshi People in Bishigram and Tirat valley, Swat]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Languages of Pakistan]]</div>

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