Decker K.D. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan. Volume 5. Languages of Chitral

Islamabad: Quaid-i-Azam University, National Institute of Pakistan Studies, 2004. — 257 p. — ISBN 969-8023-15-1.First published 1992, reprinted 2004.Introduction to the languages of Chitral.
Khowar.
Yidgha.
Phalura.
Kalasha.
Dameli.
Eastern Kativiri and Kamviri / Shekhani.
Gawar-bati.
Appendix A Methodologies.
Appendix B Chitral word lists.
Appendix C Texts.
Appendix D Chitral survey sample questionnaire.This study of the languages of Chitral was concerned with several sociolinguistic issues. The first purpose was to confirm the geographic locations of the languages previously identified as being spoken in Chitral. A second purpose was to investigate language variation. Through the collection of descriptive linguistic data (word lists and texts), and by reviewing the literature of previous studies, comparisons were made revealing linguistic similarity or divergence. A third purpose was to assess
the general language vitality of the linguistic communities. Evidence considered in this aspect of the study included reported language use in various social domains, intermarriage between language groups, and the relative amounts of contact between groups. Supporting sociolinguistic data were collected regarding reported proficiency in more dominant languages, and evidence
of language attitudes favoring or inhibiting assimilation.Other capable linguists, such as Morgenstierne, Grjunberg, etc., have done excellent work in laying solid foundations concerning the phonological and grammatical structures of the languages of Chitral and the Hindu Kush region. This study does not attempt to address these linguistic concerns, except in the presentation of lexical similarity between collected word lists.
Texts and word lists which were collected for this study of the languages of Chitral are presented in the appendices.