Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language

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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.

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Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language canonical 1

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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

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Kamviri language closelyRelatedTo Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language