Wasi-wari language
| Wasi-wari | |
|---|---|
| Prasuni | |
| Native to | Afghanistan |
| Region | Prasun Valley |
Native speakers | 8,000 (2011)[1] |
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Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
prn |
| Glottolog |
pras1239[2] |
| Linguasphere |
58-ACB-b |
Wasi-wari (Vasi-vari, Wasi-weri) is a language spoken by the Wasi people in a few villages in the Prasun Valley in Afghanistan. The most used alternative names are Prasuni or Prasun.
Vasi-vari belongs to the Indo-European language family, and is on the Nuristani group of the Indo-Iranian branch.
Its speakers have been estimated at 1,000 (2000) and are 100% Muslim. Literacy rates are low: below 1% for people who have it as a first language, and between 15% and 25% for people who have it as a second language.
Vasi-vari is the most isolated of the Nuristani languages.
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