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Burushaski language

Burushaski (ISO 639-3 code bsk) is a language isolate spoken in India and Pakistan. It has about 100,300 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as threatened.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codebsk
Glottocodeburu1296
FamilyIsolate (no known relatives)
AreaEurasia
CountriesIndia, Pakistan
Speakers (estimate)100,300
EndangermentThreatened (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

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Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.