Thank you, Vito! And, yes, inputs of this kind are definitely welcome! I would also like that we have proper attribution for the posts. For example, to sign it as "Language committee (written by Vito [&...])". Vito, what's your preferred Wikimedia user page?
On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Vito Genovese <[email protected]> wrote: > This is my first ever comment on this list, so namaste everyone! > > I've taken the liberty of putting together a text about the Kho people. It > is obviously a draft, and there is much room for improvement. I just hope > that it serves as a starting point for Satdeep to create a better flowing > final text for the blog. Here it is: > > ---- > The Kho people (Khowar: کھو, meaning "people"), also known as Chitralis > (چترالي), are a Dardic ethnic group located primarily in South Asia. They > are the predominant ethnic group in the Chitral region of Pakistan. It is > estimated that their current population is approximately 300,000 people, > most of whom live in Pakistan, with a small population living in > Afghanistan. They are mostly Sunni and Ismaili Muslims. > > Kho culture is an ancient culture which places heavy emphasis on poetry, > song, and dance. Folk singers, sitar and reed instrument players are > respected members of the community. Kho people also have a great respect for > law and order. Much of this can be attributed to Chitral being a stable > kingdom for most of its history, where the rule of law and the will of the > ruler came before tribal concepts such as revenge and isolationism. The > festivities are mostly related to agriculture, which reveals the > significance of agriculture for the Kho people. > > Their language, Khowar, is a Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic branch. > Alternate names include Arniya, Chitrali, Kashkari, Patu, and variants > thereof. This SOV language is spoken by the Kho people in Chitral district, > Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan (including the Yasin Valley, Golaghmuli > Valley, Phandar Ishkoman and Gupis), and in parts of Upper Swat. Speakers of > Khowar have also migrated heavily to Pakistan's major urban centres, > including but not limited to Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi. > Khowar is spoken as a second language in the rest of Gilgit and Hunza. > Dialects include North Khowar, South Khowar, East Khowar, and Swat Kwohar, > with the North Khowar considered as the high variety. Kho people use Naskh > and Nastaliq variants of the Arabic script to write Khowar. > ---- > > Best, > > Vito > > 2017-02-26 15:55 GMT+03:00 Satdeep Gill <[email protected]>: >> >> Awesome! I would love to write for the wikimedia blog. And yes, we should >> promote languages on the blog. >> >> I will do it the next few days. >> >> Regards >> Satdeep Gill >> >> >> From: Milos Rancic >> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 17:47 >> Subject: Re: [Langcom] Khowar Wikipedia analysis >> To: Wikimedia Foundation Language Committee >> >> On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Satdeep Gill wrote: > I can surely >> prepare a paragraph about the Khowar people, language and > culture in the >> next two days. A couple of paragraphs, a legitimate blog post :) But it's >> not that hard: Wikipedia and Ethnologue could give you all necessary data >> and you should just arrange it: people, culture, language. We should start >> promoting languages on blog.wikimedia.org :) >> _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Langcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
