Documentary Corpus of Brokskat, an Endangered Indo‑Aryan (Eastern Dardic) Language Spoken in Ganokh Village in Pakistan

Language	Brokskat
Depositor	Muhammad Ilyas, Abdul Rehman, Safeer Hussain
Affiliation	University of Baltistan Skardu
Location	Pakistan
Collection ID	0860
Grant ID	SG1174
Funding Body	ELDP
Collection Status	Forthcoming
Landing Page Handle	http://hdl.handle.net/2196/09ae06d2-9de7-4561-bb8d-48378a5ff024

Summary of the collection

English: This project aims to document Brokskat, an endangered Indo-Aryan language. The resulting corpus will consist of approximately 18 hours of naturalistic video recordings, complemented by 50 photographs that provide rich situational context. The corpus will include 10 hours of data with IPA phonetic transcriptions and English translations, as well as 5 hours of interlinear glossing using FLEx.

Majmue ka Khulasa

Urdu: Is project ka maqsad Brokskat, jo ek khatray se dochar Hind-Aryai zaban he, ko mehfuz karna ha. Is project ke natijay me tayar hone wala dastavezi lisani zakhira taqriban 18 ghante ki video recordings par mushtamil hoga, jiske sath 50 tasaveer bhi shamil hongi jo recording ke mahol or surat-e-hal ka wazeh tanazur faraham karen gi. Is lisani zakhiray me 10 ghante ka data International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) ki sawti nawisht or Angrezi tarjume ke sath shamil hoga, jab ki 5 ghante ke data ki interlinear glossing FLEx software ke zariye ki jaye gi.

Group represented

English: The group represented in this deposit is the Brokpa, a small minority community residing in Ganokh Village within Kharmang District. Ganokh is located on the Pakistani-administered side of the Line of Control, bordering Indian occupied Ladakh. The Brokpa represent a distinct cultural and linguistic heritage in the region. According to local oral traditions, their ancestors are believed to have migrated from the northern and western parts of the Gilgit region of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.

Numainda Groh

Urdu: Is zakhiray me jis giroh ki numayindagi ki gayi ha, wo Brokpa qom ha, jo Kharmang zila ke Ganokh gawung me abad ek chhoti aqeliyati biradari ha. Ganokh, Pakistan ke intizam me Line of Control (LoC) ke us hise me waqia ha jo Bharti zer-e-intizam Ladakh ki sarhad se muttasil ha. Brokpa qom is ilaqay ki ek munfarid saqafati or lisani virasat ki hamil girogh ha. Muqami riwayaton ke mutabiq, un ke ajdad ke bare me yeh tasawwur kiya jata ha ke wo Pakistan ke Gilgit-Baltistan ke Gilgit ilaqay ke shumali or maghribi hison se hijrat kar ke yahan a basay the.

Language information

English: Brokskat is an endangered Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in Ganokh village in Kharmang, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The number of fluent speakers is rapidly declining, placing the language at risk of extinction. The number of speakers is estimated around 300 to 1000, although we cannot be sure of the actual number of speakers due to lack of census figure.

Lisani Maloomat

Urdu: Brokskat ek khatre se dochar Hind-Aryai zaban ha jo bunyadi tor par Pakistan ke Gilgit-Baltistan ke zila Kharmang ke Ganokh gawung me boli jati ha. Is zaban ke rawan tor par bolne walon ki tadaad tezi se kam ho rahi ha, jis ki wajah se ye zaban khatme ke khatray se dochar ha. Is zaban ke bolne walon ki tadad taqriban 300 se 1000 ke darmiyan andaza ki jati ha, lekin ab tak kisi mustanad mardum shumari ke adad-o-shumar ki adam dastiyabi ki waja se bolne walon ki haqiqi tadad ka yaqini tayun mumkin nahin ha.

Acknowledgement and citation

English: I am sincerely grateful to Professor Nathan Hill, Director of the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies, for his guidance and support in shaping my academic career and supervising my PhD dissertation, which enabled me to apply for this project. I am also thankful to Mr. Abdul Rehman, Lecturer at the University of Baltistan, Skardu, and Dr. Safeer Hussain, Head of the Department of Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of Baltistan, Skardu, for their willingness to support the data collection, transcription, and uploading processes in the present project. I am further obliged to the Broskat speakers, Mr. Zaheer, his grandfather, and Mr. Saleem, for their willingness to participate in this project at the initial stage.

To refer to any data from the collection, please cite as follows:

Ilyas, Muhammad. 2026. Documentary Corpus of Brokskat, an Endangered Indo‑Aryan (Eastern Dardic) Language Spoken in Ganokh Village in Pakistan. Endangered Languages Archive. Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/08b166ad-c495-45d7-b668-32aebd44ad74. Accessed on [insert date here].

Itiraf-e-Tashakkur

Urdu: Me Professor Nathan Hill, Director, Trinity Centre for Asian Studies ka dil se shukarguzar hung jinhon ne meri akademik zindagi ki rehnumai ki or meri PhD dissertation ki nigarani ki, jis ki badolat me is project ke liye darkhwast dene ke qabil huwa. Me Mr. Abdul Rehman, Lecturer, University of Baltistan, Skardu, or Dr. Safeer Hussain, Head, Department of Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Baltistan, Skardu ka bhi teh-e-dil se mashkur hung jinhon ne is project me data jama karne, transcription karne or archive par upload karne ke amal me har mumkin taawun faraham karne par amadgi zahir ki. Mazeed baran, me Brokskat zaban ke bolne walon, Mr. Zaheer, un ke dada, or Mr. Saleem ka bhi behad shukarguzar hung jinhon ne is project ke ibtidai marhale me hissa lene par razamandi zahir ki.

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