Prasuni

E228159

Prasuni is a Nuristani language spoken by a small community in the remote valleys of eastern Afghanistan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Prasuni canonical 5
upper Prasun 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nuristani language
language
alternateName Prasun
Wasi-wari
Wasi-wari
surface form: Wasi-weri
classificationStatus well-established as Nuristani
country Afghanistan
endangermentCause pressure from dominant regional languages
small speaker population
ethnicity Prasun people
family Nuristani
geographicSetting Hindu Kush
surface form: Hindu Kush mountains
hasDialect Deogrom dialect
Sanglich dialect
Wasi dialect
ISO639-3 prn
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European

Indo-Iranian
linguisticFeature distinct from neighboring Indo-Aryan and Iranian languages
shares features with other Nuristani languages
morphologyType inflectional
neighboringLanguages Kati
Pashto language
surface form: Pashto

Waigali
numberOfSpeakers a few thousand
region Nuristan Province
researchStatus relatively under-documented
spokenIn Afghanistan
spokenInRegion Eastern Afghanistan
surface form: eastern Afghanistan
spokenInValley Parun Valley
surface form: Prasun Valley
spokenInValleys remote valleys of eastern Afghanistan
status endangered
vulnerable
subfamily Nuristani languages
surface form: Southern Nuristani
syntaxType typically SOV word order
usedFor everyday communication within the Prasun community
writingSystem no widely used standard writing system

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nuristani people language Prasuni
Ashkun neighboringLanguages Prasuni
Vasi-vari alternativeName Prasuni
Vasi-vari hasDialect Prasuni
this entity surface form: upper Prasun
Vasi-weri hasAlternativeName Prasuni