Kata-vari dialect

Kata-vari
Kata-vari
Kati
Native to	Afghanistan, Pakistan
Region	Nuristan, Kunar, Chitral
Native speakers	134,010 (2017)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Nuristani Northern Kamkata-vari Kata-vari; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Arabic script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bsh
Glottolog	kati1270
ELP	Kati

Kata-vari is a variety of Kamkata-viri spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Chitral District). It has two dialects, Eastern Kata-vari or Shekhani and Western Kata-vari. It is spoken by 40,000 people.

References

Simons, Gary F; Fennig, Charles D, eds. (2018). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (21st ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.

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