Badeshi is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken by over 10,000 people in upper reaches of Bishigram Valley (Chail), east of Madyan, Swat, Kohistan in Northern Areas of Pakistan. The Iranian languages are a part of the Indo European language family. ... Madyan is located in Swat, Sarhad, Pakistan. ... Special response teams are heavily armed and armored. ... The word Kohistan in Persian literally means Country of the Hills. ... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ...

Badeshi people of Bishigram Valley and Tirat Valley are total around 1,500 in numbers. The figures of Pooran Chakesar, Alai, and Mansehra towns is not available. Badeshi people stopped using their native language completely few generations ago. In Bishigram Valley, they only speak Torwali and in Tirat Valley they speak Pashto. Torwali (Turvali) language is spoken in Kohistan and Swat, North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. ... Pashto (پښتو ; also known as Afghan, Pathan, Pushto, Pashtoe, Pashtu, Pushtu, and Pukhto) is the language spoken by the Pashtun people who inhabit Afghanistan and the western provinces of Pakistan. ...

External links

• Badeshi language
• The Badeshi People in Bishigram and Tirat valley, Swat