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{{Infobox language
| name = Badeshi
| altname =
| states = [[Pakistan]]
| region = Bishigram (Chail) Valley
| speakers = 3 known
| date = 2018
| familycolor = Indo-European
| fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
| fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
| fam4 = (unclassified)
| script = [[Arabic script]],<ref>{{cite web|title= Usage of Nasta'liq in the Modern Publications - Typography Day |url= http://www.typoday.in/2012/spk_papers/farzan-kermaninejad-typographyday2012.pdf|website=Typography Day}}</ref> words also transcribed in [[Latin script]]
| iso3 = bdz
| glotto = bade1240
| glottorefname = Badeshi
| image = File:Badeshi in Arabic script.png
| imagecaption = Badeshi written in the 'Arabic script'
}}

'''Badeshi''' is an almost extinct unclassified [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian language]] spoken in Pakistan. Its distinctiveness is unconfirmed; it may be a family name. In 2014 "Ethnologue, Languages of the World" stated Badeshi had not been spoken for at least three generations{{fact|date=July 2020}} but in 2018 the BBC found three men who could still speak the language.<ref name="BBC" />

Muhammad Zaman Sagar, a field linguist connected to the Forum for Language Initiative, has worked on this language. But as a result of his research during two years, he collected only about one hundred words.<ref name="BBC" /> In July 2007 he visited the [[Bishigram Valley]] again and spent some days with the people there. There are efforts to retain a record of the language by linguist [[Zubair Torwali]] among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1381971|title=Swat's ancient language breathing its last|first=Fazal|last=Khaliq|date=10 January 2018|website=DAWN.COM|accessdate=5 December 2018}}</ref>

In 2018, BBC reporters found three old men (Said Gul, Ali Sher and Rahim Gul) who could still speak Badeshi in the [[Bishigram Valley]] in Northern Pakistan.<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43194056|title=Only three people speak this language|last=Syed|first=Zafar|date=2018-02-26|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-02-26|language=en-GB}}</ref> They said that the [[Torwali language]] had taken over from Badeshi in their village. The men also had worked in tourist areas in the [[Swat District|Swat valley]] where they spoke [[Pashto]]. Some phrases of Badeshi were:
* {{lang|bdz|Meen naao Rahim Gul thi}} - My name is Rahim Gul
* {{lang|bdz|Meen Badeshi jibe aasa}} - I speak Badeshi
* {{lang|bdz|Theen haal khale thi?}} - How do you do?
* {{lang|bdz|May grot khekti}} - I have eaten
* {{lang|bdz|Ishu kaale heem kam ikthi}} - There is not much snowfall this year<ref name="BBC" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027113527/http://geocities.com/kcs_kalam/badeshi.html The Badeshi People in Bishigram and Tirat valley, Swat]
* [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43194056 Badeshi: Only three people speak this 'extinct' language]
* [http://www.godwhoisgod.com/PDF/Badeshi.pdf Badeshi bible scripture]
{{Languages of Pakistan}}
[[Category:Languages of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
[[Category:Indo-Aryan languages]]

Badeshi language - Revision history

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