Mumviri dialect
| Mumviri | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Afghanistan |
| Region | basin of eastern Nuristan |
Native speakers | perhaps 1,500 (1998)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog |
mumv1239[2] |
| Linguasphere |
58-ACB-ac |
Mumviri is a dialect of the Kamkata-viri Nuristani language spoken by perhaps 1,500 of the Mumo people of Afghanistan. There are only slight differences to the Kata-vari, Mumviri has Kamviri phonetic features. The most used alternative name is Bashgali, which derive from Khowar.
Mumviri is spoken in the Mangul, Sasku and Gabalgrom in the Bashgal Valley.
References
- ↑ Richard F. Strand
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mumviri". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- The Mumo. Retrieved July 10, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush .
External links
- Nuristan: Hidden Land of the Hindu Kush -Includes a lexicon of Kamviri and more information.
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