Bateri language

Bateri (بٹیری, बटेरी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mostly in Kohistan District, Pakistan and to a much lesser extent in Jammu and Kashmir, India.^[1]

Bateri
بٹیری, बटेरी Baṭerī Bhaṭʹe-sa zʹib
Native to	Pakistan, India
Region	Kohistan, Jammu and Kashmir
Native speakers	(29,000 (28,300 in Pakistan, 700 in India). cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Dardic Kohistani Bateri
Writing system	Devanagari[1] (India), Arabic script[2] (Pakistan)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	btv
Glottolog	bate1261
ELP	Bateri

Status

As of now, there is little research done on the language and is currently being studied and surveyed by organizations like FLI (Forum for Language Initiatives), a Pakistani linguistic resource center based in Islamabad.^[3] The language is currently unwritten however may finally have one in the near future.