Nuristani languages

E6959
Indo-Iranian languages language family

Nuristani languages are a small, distinct group of Indo-Iranian languages spoken primarily in the remote Nuristan region of eastern Afghanistan.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Nuristani 2
Kafiri languages 1
Kafiristani languages 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alternativeName Nuristani languages ⓘ
surface form: Kafiri languages

Nuristani languages ⓘ
surface form: Kafiristani languages

Nurestani languages ⓘ
arealFeature contact with Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
contact with Iranian languages ⓘ
branchOf Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
distinctFrom Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
estimatedSpeakers tens of thousands ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Nuristani people ⓘ
feature complex verbal morphology ⓘ
retention of archaic Indo-Iranian features ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ
geographicDistribution Hindu Kush ⓘ
surface form: Hindu Kush region
glottologCode nure1252 ⓘ
hasISO639-5Code nur ⓘ
hasMember Ashkun language ⓘ
Kamviri language ⓘ
Kati language ⓘ
Prasun language ⓘ
Tregami language ⓘ
Kamviri language ⓘ
surface form: Waigali language
historicalRegion Nuristan Province ⓘ
surface form: Kafiristan
linguisticTypology SOV word order ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+04:30 region ⓘ
macroArea Eurasia ⓘ
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
previousClassification Dardic languages ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
primaryCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
recognizedAs separate branch of Indo-Iranian ⓘ
region Nuristan Province ⓘ
relatedTo Dardic languages ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
secondaryCountry Pakistan ⓘ
spokenIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Chitral District ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: Nuristan

Pakistan ⓘ
eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ
subclassOf Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
writingSystem primarily unwritten ⓘ

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

Nuristani languages → alternativeName → Nuristani languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kafiri languages
Nuristani languages → alternativeName → Nuristani languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kafiristani languages
Kamviri language → family → Nuristani languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuristani
Tregami language → hasLanguageSubbranch → Nuristani languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuristani
Indo-European language family → hasMajorBranch → Nuristani languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages → hasSubfamily → Nuristani languages ⓘ
Ashkun language → languageFamily → Nuristani languages ⓘ
Nuristan Province → languageGroup → Nuristani languages ⓘ
Nuristani people → languageSubfamily → Nuristani languages ⓘ
Ashkun language → linguisticBranch → Nuristani languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Nuristani
Indo-Iranian languages → subdivision → Nuristani languages ⓘ
Prasun language → subfamilyOf → Nuristani languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Nuristani languages
Tregami language → subfamilyOf → Nuristani languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian peoples → usesLanguage → Nuristani languages ⓘ