Kamviri dialect

Kamviri

Spoken in Afghanistan, Pakistan

Region Bashgal Valley, and Southern Chitral District, Langorbat, Badrugal and the Urtsun Valley

Native speakers 5,500 (Ethnologue) (date missing)

Language codes

ISO 639-3 xvi

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Kamviri is a dialect of the Kamkata-viri language spoken by 5,500 (or up to 10,000) of the Kom people of Afghanistan and Pakistan. There are slight dialectal differences of the Kamviri speakers of Pakistan. The most used alternative names are Kati, Kamozi or Bashgali,According to the author of Languages of Pakistan Badshah Munir Bukhari which derive from Khowar.

References

The Kom. Retrieved July 2, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush [1].

Nuristan: Hidden Land of the Hindu Kush -Includes a lexicon of Kamviri and more information.