Kalami Kohistani
Spoken in:	Pakistan
Total speakers:	60,000–70,000 (1995)
Language family:	Indo-European  Indo-Iranian   Dardic    Kohistani     Kalami
Writing system:	Arabic script
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	ine
ISO 639-3:	gwc
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Kalami is a Dardic language spoken in northern Pakistan.

The language is also known as Gawri or Garwi (IPA: /ɡaːwriː/), but this name is considered pejorative by some speakers.

Classification

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Geographic distribution

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Phonology

Vowels

Length (/ː/) and nasalization (/˜/) are probably contrastive for all vowels.

Consonants

/q f z x ɣ/ occur mainly in loanwords. /q f/ tend to be replaced by /x p/, respectively.

After the front vowels /i e a/, the velars /k ɡ ŋ/ are palatalized: [kʲ ɡʲ ŋʲ].

Tone

Kalami has 5 contrastive tones: high level, high falling, delayed high falling, low level, low rising.

Grammar

Syntax

The default sentence order is SOV, but this can be changed for emphasis.

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Morphology

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See also

• Kohistani language

External links

• The Gawri Language of Kalam and Dir Kohistan
• Ethnologue report for language code:gwc
• Tone and song in Kalam Kohistani