The Dardic languages are the languages of the Dard people. They form a subfamily of the Indo-Iranian languages.

Problems with Familial Classification

Labelling the Dardic languages as a linguistic sub-family poses a few problems since these languages are not related to each other genetically besides being Indo-Iranian. The term Dardic is thus more of a geographical reference to a collection of more or less Indo-Iranian Language Isolates than an actual familial designation. ^*. Their relationship to the other subfamilies of the Indo-Iranian is not yet settled, though some linguistics texts tend to classify some of them as a sub group of Indo-Aryan languages.

Divisions into sub-groups

Each subfamily in this list contains subgroups and individual languages.

• Chitral languages
  • Kalasha-mun
  • Khowar
• Kashmiri languages
  • Kashmiri
  • Kishtawari
  • Poguli
• Kohistani languages
  • Bateri
  • Chilisso
  • Gowro
  • Indus Kohistani
  • Kalami
  • Kalkoti
  • Tirahi
  • Torwali
  • Wotapuri-Katarqalai
• Kunar languages
  • Pashayi languages
    • Northeast Pashayi
    • Northwest Pashayi
    • Southeast Pashayi
    • Southwest Pashayi
  • Dameli
  • Gawar-Bati
  • Grangali
  • Ningalami
  • Zemiaki
  • Shumashti

• Shina languages
  • Gilgiti Shina main dialect
  • Astori Shina
  • Brokstat
  • Domaaki
  • Kohistani Shina
  • Palula
  • Savi
  • Ushojo

See also

• Dard people
• Nuristani languages

External links

• Dardic language tree

Dardic languages | Lists of Indo-European languages | Languages of Pakistan | Languages of Afghanistan

Yezhoù dardek | Dardiske språk | Języki dardyjskie