Dardic
- noun
- Specialized
- The Dardic branch includes languages such as Kashmiri and Shina.
Examples
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The Dardic languages include several dialects spoken in Kashmir.
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Many Dardic speakers live in remote valleys of northern Pakistan.
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Linguists have studied the Dardic languages to trace the development of Indo-Aryan dialects.
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Many scholars study Dardic linguistics to understand regional dialects.
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Linguists have studied the Dardic languages to trace the development of Indo-Aryan dialects.
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Many Dardic speakers live in remote valleys of northern Pakistan.
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The Dardic branch includes languages such as Kashmiri and Shina.
Synonyms
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The language spoken by people in the Kashmir region
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A language spoken in northern Kashmir by people in mountain valleys
A related language that people speak in Kashmir, eastern Afghanistan, and northern Pakistan
A language spoken in Kashmir and by people in parts of India and Pakistan
A language spoken by people in the Chitral district of northwest Pakistan
A language spoken in the Chitral area of northwest Pakistan
A language spoken by people in northern Kashmir and in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
A language spoken by the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan
An old language once spoken in northeastern Afghanistan now called Nuristani
Compounds
- Specialized
A related language that people speak in Kashmir, eastern Afghanistan, and northern Pakistan
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dardic comes from the name of the Dards, an old people who lived in the mountain valleys of Kashmir, eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. So Dardic simply means 'of the Dards', which is why it is used for the group of languages such as Kashmiri and Shina.