Prasuni
[aka Wasi-Wari, Prasun, Veruni]Classification: Indo-European
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Classification: Indo-European
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Wasi-Wari, Prasun, Veruni, Parun, Paruni, Wasi-Veri, Veron, Verou, Wasi-weri, Pārūnī, Vâsi-vari, Vasi vari, Vasi-vari |
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Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Nuristani |
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)” . Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig · Dallas, Texas: SIL International
Pashto
Dari
Traditionally bilingual in Dari. Now increasingly bilingual in Pashto.
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “Glottolog” .
Information from: “The Nuristani Languages” (103-117) . Degener, Almuth (2002) , Nicholas Sims-Williams · Oxford University Press
It was not written down until several years ago.
The Nuristani languages are spoken almost entirely within the confines of the area of northeast Afghanistan known as Nuristan. It is a land of high mountains and deep valleys, with forests and mountain pastures.
Information from: “Dardestān ii. Language” . Edel'man, D.I. (1994)
The Nūrestānī languages (also known traditionally as Kafiri languages) are sometimes included as a western subgroup of the Dardic group of languages (see Shaw, 1876, pp. 146-47; Grierson; Morgenstierne, 1945; idem, 1974). They are the languages of Afghan Nūrestān, known as Kafiristan until the people adopted Islam on the eve of the 20th century. This subgroup includes Kati (including the eastern dialect Bashgali), Waigali (or Wai, Wai-alā), and related Tregami (or Gambiri) and Zemiaki; Ashkun and the closely related language or dialect Wamai; and Prasun (or Paruni, Wasin-veri, Veron). These languages have much in common with the Dardic languages and are spoken in close geographical proximity to them, but their origin is not the same (see below). The attribution of the Dameli language, which exhibits both Nūrestānī and Dardic features, is not clear. Some authors also include in the Dardic group the Ḍumaki language, spoken by a people scattered in groups in Hunza and Nagar. Genetically, however, it belongs to the Central Indo-Aryan languages (being close to Gypsy), rather than to the Dardic group.