Kamkata-viri language
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| Kamkata-viri | ||
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| Spoken in: | Afghanistan | |
| Region: | Kunar Province | |
| Total speakers: | 18,700 (Ethnologue) | |
| Language family: | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Nuristani Kamkata-viri |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language of: | none | |
| Regulated by: | no official regulation | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | none | |
| ISO 639-3: | bsh | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Kamkata-viri, the largest Nuristani language, contains the main dialects Kata-vari, Kamviri and Mumviri. Kata-vari and Kamviri are often defined as two separate languages, but according to linguist Richard Strand they form one language.
The Kamkata-viri language is spoken by the Kata, Kom, Mumo, Ksto and some smaler former Black-Robed tribes in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. There are dialectal differences of the Kamkata-viri speakers of Pakistan. Most used alternative names are Bashgali or Kati, which derive from Khowar.
Kamkata-viri is spoken by 18,700 Kata people (15,000 in Afghanistan, just over 3,700 in Pakistan), and approximately 5,500 (or up to 10,000) Kom.
It belongs to the Indo-European language family, and is on the Nuristani group of the Indo-Iranian branch.
Literacy rates are low: below 1% for people who have it as a first language, and between 15% to 25% for people who have it as a second language. The Kativiri dialect can be heard on radio in Afghanistan.
There are four main dialects: Eastern Kata-vari, Western Kata-vari, Kamviri and Mumviri, the last two are often defined as separate languages.
[edit] References
- The Kamkata. Retrieved July 19, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush[1].
- The Kâta. Retrieved July 02, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush [2].
- The Kom. Retrieved July 02, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush [3].
- The Mumo. Retrieved July 11, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush [4].
- Kati. Retrieved June 13, 2006, from Ethnologue: Languages of the World, fifteenth edition. SIL International. Online version.
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