Ashkun language

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The Ashkun language is a Nuristani language spoken by the Ashkun people in remote regions of eastern Afghanistan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language
Nuristani language
language
contactLanguage Persian language
surface form: Dari Persian

Pashto language
country Afghanistan
endangeredStatus definitely endangered language
vulnerable language
ethnicity Ashkun people
hasAlternativeName Ashkun
Ashkun
surface form: Ashkuni

Ashkunwari
Askunu
hasDialects Bashgal dialect
surface form: Bargamitik dialect

Titin dialect
Wama dialect
hasGlottocode ashk1244
hasMorphologicalFeature case-marking on nouns
verb agreement with subject
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
ISO639-3 ask
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
Nuristani languages
linguisticBranch Nuristani languages
surface form: Southern Nuristani
neighboringLanguages Kati language
Pashayi languages
Pashto language
Prasuni language
Waigali language
primaryWordOrder SOV
region Kunar Province
Nuristan Province
spokenBy Ashkun people
spokenIn Afghanistan
eastern Afghanistan
spokenInValley Bargamatal area
Peche Valley
Titin Valley
Wama Valley
subclassOf Indo-European language
Indo-Iranian language
usedAs vernacular language
usedIn folklore
local religious practices
oral tradition
writingSystem Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script

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

Nuristani languages hasMember Ashkun language
Kamviri language neighboringLanguage Ashkun language
Prasun language relatedTo Ashkun language