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ISO 639-3 · bskbsk
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Burushaski
بُرُݸشسکݵ
Burushaski is a language, spoken in Pakistan and India. Wikidata counts about 55,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “isolate language spoken by Burushos in northern Pakistan and India”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bsk- Glottocode
buru1296- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 63 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
3scripts
—levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Burushaski · بُرُݸشسکݵ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Burushaski language, Brushaski, Burusho, Burúśaski, ISO bsk |
| All speakers | 55,000 |
| Written in | Urdu orthography, Latin script, Arabic script |
| Grammatical genders | 4 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelwhere it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Pakistan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalhinHindiIndo-European · 615.3 m1 · NationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafefasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafepusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSaferajRajasthaniIndo-European · 36 msndSindhiSindhi languages · 23.8 m2 · ProvincialpbuNorthern PashtoIndo-European · 20.9 m4 · EducationalskrSaraikiunclassified · 20 m4 · Educational