Askunu
E258279
Askunu is an Indo-Iranian language of the Nuristani group spoken by the Ashkun people in parts of eastern Afghanistan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Askunu canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Iranian language
ⓘ
Nuristani language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| country | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus |
definitely endangered
ⓘ
threatened ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ashkun people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ashkun
ⓘ
Ashkun ⓘ
surface form:
Ashkuni
Askunu language ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Bargamit dialect
ⓘ
Titin dialect ⓘ Wama dialect ⓘ |
| hasDomain | home and community use ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SOV word order
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ rich case system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
series of retroflex consonants ⓘ |
| hasReligionAssociated | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| hasStatus | minority language in Afghanistan ⓘ |
| hasTransmission | intergenerational transmission weakening ⓘ |
| isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Dari
ⓘ
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
|
| ISO639-3 | ask ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Nuristani languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Nuristani
|
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Kati
ⓘ
Pashai ⓘ
surface form:
Pashayi
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
Prasun ⓘ Waigali ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | several thousand ⓘ |
| partOf | Nuristani branch of Indo-Iranian ⓘ |
| region |
Kunar Province
ⓘ
Nuristan Province ⓘ |
| riskFactor |
shift to Dari
ⓘ
shift to Pashto ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Ashkun people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Afghanistan
|
| subclassOf |
Indo-Iranian languages
ⓘ
Nuristani languages ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity | Ashkun villages in Nuristan ⓘ |
| usedIn | oral communication ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabic script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.