Muhammad Zaman Sagar

Muhammad Zaman Sagar

Muhammad Zaman Sagar born in Kalam, Swat, NWFP, Pakistan on 2nd May 1975. His father name is Maqbool Khan, who is belong to a respectable tribe of Kalam, called "Jafalor". his mother tongue is Gawri, a language spoken in the district of Swat and Dir. From the year 1992 he started to work on his language. His main aim was to preserve and document his language and culture. He along with some other friends established an organization for the promotion and development of his language, called "Kalam Cultural Society [http://www.geocities.com/kcs_kalam/kcs.html] ". Till now from the platform of this organization Muhammad Zaman Sagar and other friends wrote dozens of books. They are also working hard to publish the Gawri dictionary.

Author or co-author of:

- Names of Plants in Kalam Kohistani (Pakistan). Forthcoming in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session. With Joan L.G. Baart and Esther L. Baart-Bremer.

- Report on Local Names and Uses of Plants in Kalam Kohistan. Forthcoming in NIPS-SIL working paper series. National Institute of Pakistan Studies and Summer Institute of Linguistics. Islamabad. With Joan L.G. Baart and Esther L. Baart-Bremer.

- Kalam Kohistani Texts. (Studies in languages of northern Pakistan 9). National Institute of Pakistan Studies and Summer Institute of Linguistics. Islamabad. 2004. With Joan L.G. Baart.

- Gawri Zabaan-o-Adab (Urdu: ‘Gawri language and literature’). In Inamul Haq Javed (ed.): Pashto, Hindko, Torwali, Gawri. (M.Phil. Pakistani languages and literature, units 1-9). Department of Pakistani Languages, Allama Iqbal Open University. Islamabad. 2004. p. 281-306. With Joan L.G. Baart

- Report on Badeshi People in Bishigram and Tirat Valley. 2004. Online: http://www.geocities.com/kcs_kalam/

- Report on a Survey Mission on Ushoji Language in Bishigram Valley. Unpublished report. 2003. Online: http://www.geocities.com/kcs_kalam/

- Report on a Survey to Kalam Khel Living in Brook, Upper Chitral. July, 2003. Unpublished report. 2003. Online: http://www.geocities.com/kcs_kalam/

- Report on ‘Kalami Sarod’, a Musical Instrument Used in Kalam. Unpublished report. 2003. Online: http://www.geocities.com/kcs_kalam/

- Aao Gawri Parhein (Urdu: ‘Let’s read Gawri’). Kalam Cultural Society. Kalam, Swat, Pakistan. 2003.

- Gawri-Urdu-Angrezi Bol Chal (Urdu: ‘Gawri-Urdu-English conversation’). Kalam Cultural Society. Kalam, Swat, Pakistan. 2003.

- Report on a Dialect Survey Mission to Dir Kohistan, October 12-18, 2002. Unpublished report. Islamabad. 2002. Online: http://www.geocities.com/kcs_kalam/

- Kalam Kohistani Matil (Gawri: “Kalam Kohistani proverbs”). Kalam Cultural Society, Kalam, Swat, Pakistan. 1998

Editor of:

- Sira~ Kaan (Gawri story book). Kalam Cultural Society. Kalam Swat, Pakistan. 2006.

- Gawri. (Gawri monthly newsletter). Kalam Cultural Society. Kalam Swat, Pakistan. 2003-

- Zabaan. (English and Urdu: “Language” newsletter). Frontier Language Institute. Peshawar, Pakistan. 2004-05-

- Gawri Alif Be (Gawri alphabet book). Kalam Cultural Society. Kalam Swat, Pakistan. 2002.

- Chunjaa (Gawri: “Wake up!”). A collection of Gawri stories written by Gawri writers in Dir Kohistan during a writers’ workshop organized with the cooperation of the Dir Kohistan Development Project. Kalam Cultural Society. Kalam, Swat, Pakistan. 2002.

- Soele~ Laang (Gawri: “Autumn mist”). A collection of poetry by Laal Badshah of Utror. Kalam Cultural Society. Kalam, Swat, Pakistan. 1999.

- Ghaloy (Gawri: “The doves”). A story told by Jamshed of Kas Kalam. Kalam Cultural Society. Kalam, Swat, Pakistan. 1999.

Translator of:

- Saqafati Tehqeeqi Aaina (Urdu: “An Outline for Cultural Research”). Translated from the English version of this work. (NIPS-SIL Working Paper Series). National Institute of Pakistan Studies and Summer Institute of Linguistics. Islamabad. 2002. With Shakeel Ahmad Shakeel and Talib Jan.

Courses taught:

- Facilitated “Gawri Curriculum Development Worksop” KCS-GLP, Kalam, October, 2006.

- Facilitated “Gawri Curriculum Development Worksop” KCS-GLP, Kalam, August, 2006.

- Facilitated “Gawri Writer’s Worksop” KCS-GLP, Ushu-Matiltan, Kalam, August, 2006.

- Facilitated “Gawri Writer’s Worksop” KCS-GLP, Utrore, Kalam, July, 2006.

- Facilitated “Gawri Writer’s Worksop” KCS-GLCDP, Kalam, August, 2004.

- Facilitated “Issues in language development” FLI, Besham, March 26-29, 2004.

- Facilitated “Chitral languages gathering” FLI, Chitral, July 16-17, 2003.

- Facilitated “Issues in language development” FLI, Peshawar, May 26-29, 2003.

- Facilitated “Gawri Writer’s Workshop” in Dir Kohistan by Dir Kohistan Development project, Khalkot, May 9-11, 2001.

External links

*http://www.geocities.com/kcs_kalam/
*http://www.geocities.com/zaman_sagar/
*http://www.fli-online.org/papers.htm
*http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~harald2/grammars/gawri_sketch.pdf
*http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/linguistics/wp/2004BaartBaartSagar.PDF
*http://www.khyber.org/articles/2005/SoCulturallyRich.shtml
*http://southasiabibliography.de/Bibliography/.../kalami_and_kalkoti.html
*http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/e3ef25b6
*http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/linguist/people/personal/get-personal-page1S.html
*http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~harald2/grammars/grammars.html
*http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n2627.pdf


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