| Pashayi | ||||
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| Spoken in | Afghanistan | |||
| Total speakers | 216,842 (Ethnologue) | |||
| Language family | Indo-European
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| Official language in | none | |||
| Regulated by | No official regulation | |||
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| ISO 639-1 | none | |||
| ISO 639-2 | none | |||
| ISO 639-3 | variously: aee – Northeastern glh – Northwestern psi – Southeastern psh – Southwestern |
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Pashayi - also known as Pashai - is a language (or a group of languages) spoken in parts of Kapisa, Laghman, Nuristan, Kunar, and Nangarhar Provinces in Northeastern Afghanistan.
It belongs to the Indo-European language family, and is on the Dardic group of the Indo-Iranian branch.
It was spoken by over 216,842 people who are predominantly Muslim. Literacy rates are low: below 1% for people who have it as a first language, and between 15% to 25% for people who have it as a second language.[1]
There are four main varieties, which are all mutually unintelligible: the Northeastern, the Northwestern, the Southeastern and the Southwestern.
References
* Pashayi. Retrieved June 13, 2006, from Ethnologue: Languages of the World, fifteenth edition. SIL International. Online version.
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