Prasun language
E45675
The Prasun language is a Nuristani language spoken by the Prasun (Vasi) people in parts of eastern Afghanistan.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nuristani language
→
natural language → subject of linguistic study → |
| alternativeName |
Prasuni
→
Vasi-vari → Vasi-weri → Wasí-weri → |
| branchOf |
Indo-European languages
→
Indo-Iranian languages → |
| classificationStatus |
part of the Nuristani branch of Indo-Iranian
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|
| country |
Afghanistan
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|
| dataAvailability |
limited descriptive grammars
→
limited lexical resources → poorly documented language → |
| distinctFrom |
Indo-Aryan languages
→
Iranian languages → |
| endangermentStatus |
endangered language
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|
| ethnicGroupAssociated |
Prasun
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|
| hasDomain |
folklore
→
local religious practices → oral literature → |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
contrastive vowel length
→
rich verbal morphology → subject–object–verb basic word order → tonal or pitch-accent distinctions (reported) → |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation |
subject to language shift toward dominant regional languages
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|
| hasSpeakerPopulation |
small number of speakers
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|
| ISO639-3Code |
prn
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|
| languageFamily |
Nuristani
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|
| languageStatus |
minority language
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|
| primaryUse |
everyday oral communication
→
traditional cultural practices → |
| region |
Nuristan Province
→
Parun Valley → eastern Afghanistan → |
| relatedTo |
Ashkun language
→
Kamviri language → Kati language → Waigali language → |
| spokenBy |
Prasun people
→
Vasi people → |
| spokenIn |
mountainous areas
→
rural communities → |
| subfamilyOf |
Southern Nuristani languages
→
|
| transmission |
primarily transmitted orally
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|
| usedAlongside |
Dari Persian
→
Pashto → |
| writingSystem |
no widely used standard writing system
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|
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Nuristani languages
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|
hasMember |