Biori Valley

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Biori Valley

| native_name = {{lang|phl|{{nq|بِھئُوڑیۡ}}}}

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| pushpin_map = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan

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| coordinates = {{coord|35|28|24|N|71|48|2|E}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Pakistan

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Upper Chitral District

| official_name = Biori

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Beori ({{langx|ur|{{nq|بھوڑی}}}}) is a valley located in Upper Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It meets the Kunar River and there are three villages located in the valley, including Drosh.{{cite book |last1=Liljegren |first1=Henrik |title=A grammar of Palula |date=2016 |publisher=Language Science Press, 2016 |location=Biori and Ashret |isbn=9783946234319 |page=4 |edition=8}} It is located at {{coord|35|28|24|N|71|48|2|E}} according to Henrik Liljegren, a linguist.{{cite book |last1=Liljegren |first1=Henrik |title=A grammar of Palula |date=2016 |publisher=Language Science Press, 2016 |isbn=9783946234319 |page=1}} It is located at the Hindu Raj range from the southeast.{{cite book |last1=Cacopardo |first1=Alberto M. |last2=Cacopardo |first2=Augusto S. |title=Gates of Peristan: History, Religion and Society in the Hindu Kush |date=2001 |publisher=IsIAO, 2001 |isbn=9788863231496 |page=96}} The Chitral River also meets the valley.{{Cite book |last=Decker |first=Kendall D. |url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/27/02/58/27025885940262322544465526417847562858/32850_SSNP05.pdf |title=Sociolinguistic survey of northern Pakistan. Volume 5: Languages of Chitral |date= |publisher=National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University and Summer Institute of Linguistics |others=National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Summer Institute of Linguistics |year=1992 |isbn=969-8023-11-9 |volume=5 |location=Islamabad, Pakistan |oclc=309743395}}

Demography

The main language in Biori is the Palula language, spoken by the Palula people, which is also spoken in Ashret, but has died out in other places in Chitral, Dir, and Kohistan.{{Cite web|url=https://omniglot.com/writing/palula.htm|title=Palula alphabet, pronunciation and language|website=omniglot.com}} There are also some speakers of Kalasha-mun.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fli-online.org/documents/languages/kalasha/kalasha_in_kalkatak.htm|title=The last breaths of Kalasha in Kalkatak|website=www.fli-online.org}}

Villages

These are the villages in Biori:{{cite journal |last1=Liljegren |first1=Henrik |title=The Dangari tongue of Choke and Machoke: Tracing the proto-language of Shina enclaves in the Hindu Kush |date=2009 |url=https://www.academia.edu/3849218/The_Dangari_tongue_of_Choke_and_Machoke_Tracing_the_proto_language_of_Shina_enclaves_in_the_Hindu_Kush |publisher=2009, Acta Orientalia}}

References

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Category:Geography of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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