Badshah Munir Bukhari

Badshah Munir Bukhari(بادشاہ منیر بخاری ) is a linguist from Northern Pakistan. A native of Chitral, he is a lecturer in linguistics and a member of the Department of Urdu, University of Peshawar. [ [http://www.upesh.edu.pk/academics/Departments/urdu/urdu.htm University of Peshawar, Dept of Urdu website.] Accessed 23 December 2007.]

The National language authority of Pakistan published his book on Urdu and Khowar. His Khowar - Urdu - English dictionary is one of the few sources available on the Khowar language. He is also the editor of KHAYAABAN (ISSN 1993-9302) the research journal of the Department of Urdu, University of Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan. He is also a member of the world languages organization.

In 2004, the Government of Pakistan awarded him a medal for his contribution in the field of linguist resarch.

He designed alphabets for seven previously unwritten languages of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan.

He is the translator of the Urdu,Pashto,Khowar and Dari.He has published on the following languages of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan: Dameli, Domaaki, Gawar-Bati, Kalash, Kashmiri, Khowar, Kohistani, Nangalami, Pashayi, Palula, Shina, Shumashti, Nuristani, Askunu, Kamkata-viri, Tregami, Vasi-vari, Waigali, Dari, Pashto, Urdu.

He is an Urdu poet.(Urdu)بلندی پر نظر آونگا اک دن ۔۔۔ میں اب منصور ہوتا جارہا ہوں

He has contributed to a five-volume account of the roots of the language currently used in Pakistan. His contribution focuses on the similarities between Urdu and Khowar. [Mushir Anwar [http://www.dawn.com/2006/10/28/fea.htm "Extension study on origin of Urdu"] Dawn Magazine, October 28, 2006. Accessed 23 December 2007.]

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