Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language

E235946

The Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language is a Nuristani language spoken in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, closely associated with the Kamkata-vari/Kamviri linguistic group.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
Nuristani language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternativeName Kamkata-vari ⓘ
Kamviri ⓘ
Shekhani ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Kamkata-vari language ⓘ
linked to: Kamviri language

Kamviri language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kam people ⓘ
Kata people ⓘ
Nuristani people ⓘ
hasDialect Kamviri ⓘ
Kata-vari ⓘ
linked to: Kamkata-vari
hasFeature SOV word order ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ
influencedBy Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
ISO639Status no widely used separate ISO 639-3 code distinct from Kamkata-vari ⓘ
languageBranch Indo-Iranian ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European ⓘ
languageStatus minority language ⓘ
vulnerable language ⓘ
languageSubbranch Nuristani ⓘ
linked to: Nuristani languages
linguisticClassificationNote often treated as part of Kamkata-vari in linguistic literature ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Dari ⓘ
Khowar ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
Nuristani branch of the Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
region eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
northern Pakistan ⓘ
spokenIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Chitral District ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Nuristan Province ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
subclassOf Kamkata-vari language ⓘ
linked to: Kamviri language

Kamviri language ⓘ
usedIn daily communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Kamviri language → closelyRelatedTo → Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language ⓘ