Wasi-wari

E800957

Wasi-wari, also known as Prasuni, is a lesser-known Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of northern Pakistan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wasi-wari canonical 1
Wasi-weri 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dardic language
Indo-Aryan language
language
alternativeName Prasun
Prasun language
Prasuni
branchOf Kunar subgroup of Dardic
closelyRelatedTo Ashkun language
Kamviri language
Kati language
country Pakistan
ethnicity Prasun people
hasEndonym Wasi-wari
hasExonym Prasuni
hasLinguisticResearch described in Dardic language surveys
studied in Indo-Aryan comparative linguistics
hasMorphologicalFeature case-marking on nouns
rich verbal inflection
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone (reported in some descriptions)
isLesserKnown true
ISO639-3Code prn
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
linguisticArea Northwestern Indo-Aryan
region Hindu Kush
script Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script
spokenIn Chitral District
Dir District
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan
Prasun Valley
Upper Dir District
Wasi Valley
linked to: Yazgulyam Valley

northern Pakistan
status minority language
vulnerable language
subgroupOf Dardic languages
usedIn oral communication
wordOrder SOV
writingTradition limited

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Prasuni alternateName Wasi-wari
Prasuni alternateName Wasi-weri
linked to: Wasi-wari