Wama Valley

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Wama Valley is a remote valley in eastern Afghanistan known as one of the primary homelands of the Nuristani-speaking Ashkun people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wama Valley canonical 1

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Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf valley
characteristic mountainous
remote
country Afghanistan
ethnolinguisticRegionFor Nuristani-speaking communities
hasEthnicGroup Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
hasMinorityLanguage Dari
Pashto
linked to: Pashto language
hasSettlementPattern scattered villages
inhabitedBy Ashkun people
knownFor Nuristani-speaking population
being a primary homeland of the Ashkun people
locatedIn eastern Afghanistan
linked to: Eastern Afghanistan
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Nuristan Province
locatedInContinent Asia
locatedInMountainRange Hindu Kush mountains
linked to: Hindu Kush
locatedInRegion Nuristan
linked to: Nuristan Province
majorLanguageFamily Nuristani languages
majorLanguageSpoken Ashkun language
partOf Ashkun traditional territory
Hindu Kush
primaryHomelandOf Ashkun people
regionType rural area
terrainFeature narrow river valley
steep valleys

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

Ashkun language spokenInValley Wama Valley