Indus Kohistani language

Indus Kohistani is spoken on the west bank of the Indus River, down from but not including Dasu until Ranolia along the Indus valley. The major Indus Kohistani speaking settlements include Pattan, Ranolia, Jijal, Duber, Kandia, Seo, Komila and Bankad. A closely related dialect or language variety called Bateri is also spoken in Kolai-Palas Kohistan, on the east bank of Indus. ==Phonology==

The phonology of Indus Kohistani varies between its major dialects as shown below. Vowels In the Kanyawali dialect, the back vowels /u/ and /o/ are described as variants of each other, as are the front vowels /i/ and /e/. Consonants The consonant inventory of Indus Kohistani is shown in the chart below. (Consonants particular to the Kanyawali Dialect of Tangir and those found only in the Kohistan Dialects are color-coded respectively.) The phonemes /x/, /ɣ/, and /q/ are mainly found in loan words. The status of /q/ in the Kanyawali Dialect is unclear. The sounds /f, v/ can also be bilabial [ɸ, β]. == Literature ==

Until recently Indus Kohistani did not have a written tradition. The Forum for Indus Kohistani Research & Culture Development (FIKR&CD) is a Non-Governmental Organization working for standardisation of its script and literature of Indus Kohistani. Shaari (ݜاری) is the first digital journal of Indus Kohistani. Other notable works include "اباسین کوہستئیں جیبہ مہ علم بلاغت آں علم بیان" (The art of rhetoric and elocution in the Indus Kohistani language), written by Ahmad Rashid Faizi and published by the Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI). ==See also==