Kamviri language

E43948

The Kamviri language is a Nuristani language spoken primarily by the Kam people in parts of eastern Afghanistan and neighboring regions of Pakistan.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kamviri language canonical 7
Kamkata-vari language 3
Kamviri dialect continuum 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nuristani language
language
alternativeName Kati (Kamviri variety)
Kâmviri
linked to: Sanglechi
closelyRelatedTo Kata-vari language
linked to: Kamviri language

Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language
countryCode AF
PK
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Kam people
family Nuristani
linked to: Nuristani languages
glottocode kamv1243
hasDialect Bashgal dialect
Kamdesh dialect
iso639-3 xvi
languageBranch Indo-Iranian
languageFamily Indo-European
languageGroup Kamkata-vari group
linguisticFeature case marking on nouns
complex verbal morphology
grammatical gender
rich consonant inventory
nativeName Kamviri
linked to: Ormur
neighboringLanguage Ashkun language
Dari Persian
linked to: Persian language

Kati language
Pashto language
Prasuni language
Waigali language
primaryCountry Afghanistan
region Chitral District
Kunar Province
eastern Afghanistan
linked to: Eastern Afghanistan
scriptDirection right-to-left
secondaryCountry Pakistan
spokenBy Kam people
Kamviri people
spokenIn Bashgal Valley
Kamdesh area
Nuristan region
linked to: Nuristan Province

parts of Chitral in Pakistan
status minority language
subfamily Kamkata-vari
writingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Perso-Arabic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Nuristani languages hasMember Kamviri language
Nuristani languages hasMember Waigali language
linked to: Kamviri language
Prasun language relatedTo Kamviri language
Kamviri language closelyRelatedTo Kata-vari language
linked to: Kamviri language
Kati language alternativeName Kamkata-vari language
linked to: Kamviri language
Bashgal dialect partOf Kamviri dialect continuum
linked to: Kamviri language
Bashgal dialect relatedTo Kamviri language
Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language subclassOf Kamkata-vari language
linked to: Kamviri language
Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language closelyRelatedTo Kamkata-vari language
linked to: Kamviri language
Kam people hasLanguage Kamviri language
Kamviri people language Kamviri language