Mumviri dialect
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Mumviri dialect
| Mumviri | ||||||
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| Spoken in | Afghanistan | |||||
| Region | basin of eastern Nuristan | |||||
| Native speakers | 1,500 (Richard F. Strand) (date missing) | |||||
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| Language codes | ||||||
| ISO 639-3 | – | |||||
| Linguist List | bsh-mum | |||||
| Linguasphere | 58-ACB-ac | |||||
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Mumviri is a dialect of the Kamkata-viri Nuristani language spoken by perhaps 1,500 of the Mumo people of Afghanistan. There are only slight differences to the Kata-vari, Mumviri has Kamviri phonetic features. The most used alternative name is Bashgali, which derive from Khowar.
Mumviri is spoken in the Mangul, Sasku and Gabalgrom in the Bashgal Valley.
References
- The Mumo. Retrieved July 10, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush [1].
External links
- Nuristan: Hidden Land of the Hindu Kush -Includes a lexicon of Kamviri and more information.
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