Article on Burushaski language, spoken among Ismaili communities in Northern Pakistan.
The writer Emam Dad is a Burüshâski language activist hailing from Yasin Valley of Gilgit Baltistan
Burüshâski is an amazingly unique and extra ordinary language with its peculiar independent existence and complex language structure. Linguists have tried hard to find its genetic relation, yet so far all taxonomic methods have failed to find a convincing relation with any other language and thus it is still classified as an isolated language. In addition to being an isolate, Burüshâski (read Yasin Burüshâski) is almost completely unwritten .The language exists in three variants; Hunza,Nagar and Yasin dialects. The resemblance between the latter two is close whereas the Yasin Burüshâski, also called Werchikwar, is significantly different from the other two dialects.
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