Kamviri

E803546

Kamviri is a dialect of the Nuristani Kati language spoken by the Kam people in parts of northeastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kamviri canonical 5
Kamviri Kati 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nuristani language variety
dialect
closelyRelatedTo other dialects of Kati
country Afghanistan
Pakistan
endangermentStatus vulnerable or endangered
hasAlternativeName Kamdeshi (sometimes used ambiguously)
Kamviri Kati
linked to: Kamviri
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Kam
hasSuperordinateLanguage Kati
Nuristani Kati
languageCodeStatus has no widely used ISO 639-3 code distinct from Kati
linguisticTypology SOV word order
neighboringLanguages Khowar
Other Nuristani languages
Pashto
linked to: Pashto language
partOfLanguageFamily Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
Nuristani languages
region Chitral region
linked to: Chitral District

Nuristan
linked to: Nuristan Province
spokenBy Kam people
spokenIn Afghanistan
Pakistan
spokenInRegion northeastern Afghanistan
northwestern Pakistan
subdivisionOf Kati language
Nuristani Kati language
linked to: Nuristani languages
usedFor everyday communication within Kam communities
writingSystem primarily unwritten

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Kati language hasDialect Kamviri
Kamkata-vari hasDialect Kamviri
Bashgali hasDialects Kamviri
Kamviri hasAlternativeName Kamviri Kati
linked to: Kamviri