Did you know Wotapuri-Katarqalai is dormant?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Wotapūrī-Katāqalāī, Wotapuri, Dardu, Katarkalai
CLASSIFICATION		Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern Zone
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wsv
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		This language has also been classified as Indo-Iranian, Nuristani (Edel'man 1994)

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Information from: “Personal Communication” . Gregory Anderson (2012)

Dormant
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Native speakers worldwide
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Presumed extinct but may still have semi-speakers, rememberers or speakers remaining.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

Dormant
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Probably extinct

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Afghanistan

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Katarqala, Wotapur

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The central subgroup is further subdivided into northern and southern groupings. The northern grouping includes Khowar (or Chitrali, Chitrari, Chatrori, Arniya) and Kalasha in the Chitral region. The southern grouping includes Tirahi, Gawar (or Gawar-bati, lit., “language of the Gawar people”), Katarkalai (or Wotapuri, referring to another dialect), Shumashti, Glangali (closely related Ningalami, reported in the literature but apparently no longer extant), and Pashai, a large group of extremely divergent dialects or closely related languages, in the southern part of Nūrestān and adjacent areas.

PLACES: Afghanistan; Pakistan; India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Part of Nūrestān and adjacent areas along the Kabul river and its tributaries in the mountain region that encompasses northeastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, and northwestern India

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"No known L1 speakers."

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Shifted to Pashto [pbu] or [pbt]. Also use Northern Pashto [pbu], Southern Pashto [pbt]."
Scripts (Writing system): none

PLACES: Afghanistan

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Nurestan Province, south of Waigali area, Wotapuri and Katarqalai towns."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

		1994	Dardestān ii. Language						Encyclopedia Iranica		http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dardestan-#i	Edel'man, D.I.	D.I. Edel'man. 1994. "Dardestān Ii. Language." In Encyclopedia Iranica, Online: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dardestan-#i.						The central subgroup is further subdivided into northern and southern groupings. The northern grouping includes Khowar (or Chitrali, Chitrari, Chatrori, Arniya) and Kalasha in the Chitral region. The southern grouping includes Tirahi, Gawar (or Gawar-bati, lit., “language of the Gawar people”), Katarkalai (or Wotapuri, referring to another dialect), Shumashti, Glangali (closely related Ningalami, reported in the literature but apparently no longer extant), and Pashai, a large group of extremely divergent dialects or closely related languages, in the southern part of Nūrestān and adjacent areas.		Afghanistan; Pakistan; India	Part of Nūrestān and adjacent areas along the Kabul river and its tributaries in the mountain region that encompasses northeastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, and northwestern India
Routledge Language Family Series		2003	Dardic	The Indo-Aryan Languages	818-894	George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain		London & New York: Routledge				Elena Bashir	Bashir, Elena. 2003. "Dardic." In The Indo-Aryan Languages, edited by George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain. 818-894. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	0?		Probably extinct	Pashto		Dormant ()	Afghanistan	Katarqala, Wotapur
		2012	Personal Communication				Personal Communication					Gregory Anderson	Gregory Anderson. 2012. "Personal Communication."		0?		Presumed extinct but may still have semi-speakers, rememberers or speakers remaining.			Dormant ()
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing		Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	2,000	1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			34.4166,70.3333
			Glottolog								http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/		"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.										34.710061, 70.847314
			World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		2,000	1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	18th	2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition			Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig		SIL International		Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		0		"No known L1 speakers."		"Shifted to Pashto [pbu] or [pbt]. Also use Northern Pashto [pbu], Southern Pashto [pbt]."	Dormant ()	Afghanistan	"Nurestan Province, south of Waigali area, Wotapuri and Katarqalai towns."

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