Prasuni

E228159

Prasuni is a Nuristani language spoken by a small community in the remote valleys of eastern Afghanistan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Prasuni canonical 7
upper Prasun 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nuristani language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Prasun ⓘ
Wasi-wari ⓘ
Wasi-weri ⓘ
linked to: Wasi-wari
classificationStatus well-established as Nuristani ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
endangermentCause pressure from dominant regional languages ⓘ
small speaker population ⓘ
ethnicity Prasun people ⓘ
family Nuristani ⓘ
geographicSetting Hindu Kush mountains ⓘ
linked to: Hindu Kush
hasDialect Deogrom dialect ⓘ
Sanglich dialect ⓘ
Wasi dialect ⓘ
ISO639-3 prn ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European ⓘ
Indo-Iranian ⓘ
linguisticFeature distinct from neighboring Indo-Aryan and Iranian languages ⓘ
shares features with other Nuristani languages ⓘ
morphologyType inflectional ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Kati ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language

Waigali ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers a few thousand ⓘ
region Nuristan Province ⓘ
researchStatus relatively under-documented ⓘ
spokenIn Afghanistan ⓘ
spokenInRegion eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Afghanistan
spokenInValley Prasun Valley ⓘ
linked to: Parun Valley
spokenInValleys remote valleys of eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ
subfamily Southern Nuristani ⓘ
linked to: Nuristani languages
syntaxType typically SOV word order ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication within the Prasun community ⓘ
writingSystem no widely used standard writing system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Nuristani people → language → Prasuni ⓘ
Ashkun → neighboringLanguages → Prasuni ⓘ
Vasi-vari → alternativeName → Prasuni ⓘ
Vasi-vari → hasDialect → upper Prasun ⓘ
linked to: Prasuni
Vasi-weri → hasAlternativeName → Prasuni ⓘ
Wasi-wari → alternativeName → Prasuni ⓘ
Wasi-wari → hasExonym → Prasuni ⓘ