Dardic language
- noun
- Specialized
- Kashmiri is a well-known Dardic language spoken in the region of Kashmir.
Examples
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The Dardic language group includes Shina, Khowar, and Kalasha.
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Researchers have studied the phonology of several Dardic languages in Pakistan.
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The Dardic language family includes several dialects.
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Many scholars study the Dardic languages for their unique features.
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Kashmiri is a well-known Dardic language spoken in the region of Kashmir.
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The Dardic language group includes Shina, Khowar, and Kalasha.
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Researchers have studied the phonology of several Dardic languages in Pakistan.
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 group of languages spoken in Kashmir, northern Pakistan, and eastern Afghanistan
A language spoken in Kashmir and by people in parts of India and Pakistan
A language spoken by people in northern Kashmir and in Gilgit-Baltistan, 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 the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan
An old language once spoken in northeastern Afghanistan now called Nuristani
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is transparently compositional: 'Dardic' (relating to the Dardic group) combined with 'language' yields 'a language belonging to the Dardic family.' This follows a common adjective + noun pattern (e.g. 'Romance language', 'Slavic language'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Dardic language may come from the name of an old people called the 'Dards' who lived in the mountain areas of Kashmir and nearby lands. So a Dardic language means one of the related languages those people spoke, in other words a 'group' of languages from that region.