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DMK ISO 639-3

Domaaki

A language of Pakistan

ISO 639
dmk
Alternate Names
Bericho, Dawoodi, Dom, Doma, Dumaki
Population
340 (Matthias 2011), decreasing. Concentrated mostly in one village (Van Driem 2007).
Location:
Gilgit Baltistan province: Hunza-Nagar district, Bakor village, Big Nagar, Gilgit, Mominabad village, Oshkandas east of Gilgit, Punyal, and Shishkat; mainly in Hunza valley.
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western
Dialects
None known. Loanwords from Shina [scl] and Burushaski [bsk], but not mutually intelligible. Lexical similarity: 40% with Gilgit Shina [scl].
Language Use
Home. Elderly only. Many shifted to Burushaski [bsk]. Many shifted to Shina [scl]. Also use Urdu [urd].
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Domaaki
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments
Not all Doms speak Domaaki; most speakers concentrated in Mominabad and Hunza. Muslim.

Also Spoken in

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Location: Gilgit Baltistan province: Hunza-Nagar district, Bakor village, Big Nagar, Gilgit, Mominabad village, Oshkandas east of Gilgit, Punyal, and Shishkat; mainly in Hunza valley.