Nuristani languages

The Nuristani (Nurestani) languages (Persian: زبان نورستانی) are one of the three groups in the Indo-Iranian language family. The other two languages are Indo-Aryan and Iranian.[1][2][3] They are spoken primarily in eastern Afghanistan.

Nuristani
Geographic
distribution:
Nuristan
Linguistic classification:Indo-European
Subdivisions:

Languages

  • Askunu (Ashkun) 2,000 speakers
  • Kamkata-viri (Bashgali, includes the dialects Kata-vari, Shekhani, Kamviri & Mumviri) 24,200 speakers
  • Vasi-vari (Prasuni) 2,000 speakers
  • Tregami (Gambiri) 1,000 speakers
  • Waigali (Kalasha-ala) 2,000 speakers
  • Zemiaki 500 speakers (traditionally classified as a dialekt of Indo-Aryan Nangalami-Grangali, belongs here according to Grjunberg 1999)

References

  1. SIL Ethnologue
  2. Morgenstierne, G. Irano-Dardica. Wiesbaden 1973; Morgenstierne, G. Die Stellung der Kafirsprachen. In Irano-Dardica, 327-343. Wiesbaden, Reichert 1975
  3. Strand, Richard F. (1973) "Notes on the Nûristânî and Dardic Languages." Journal of the American Oriental Society, 93.3: 297-305.


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