The Gawri Language of Kalam and Dir Kohistan

Islamabad: Quaid-i-Azam University, National Institute of Pakistan Studies, 2002. — 22 p.Kalam and Dir Kohistani (also called Gawri) is one of about two dozen languages that are spoken in the mountain areas of northern Pakistan. The name Kohistan in Urdu and Persian means "land of mountains", and Kohistani, when used as the name of a language, can be translated as "mountain language".The subject of the current essay is the Kohistani language that is spoken in the Kalam tahsil in district Swat, and also in the Kohistan tahsil in district Dir, in the North-West Frontier Province.The language, its speakers, and its environment.Phonology and script.Some grammatical features of Gawri.Gawri literature.