Kaniguram dialect

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The Kaniguram dialect is a regional variety of the Ormuri language spoken primarily in and around the town of Kaniguram in South Waziristan, Pakistan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kaniguram dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional variety of Ormuri ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Burki (Ormur) people ⓘ
linked to: Ormur people
closelyRelatedTo Logar dialect of Ormuri ⓘ
coexistsWith Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language

Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
country Pakistan ⓘ
endangermentStatus endangered ⓘ
geographicDistribution town of Kaniguram and nearby villages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kaniguram Ormuri ⓘ
Kanigurami Ormuri ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeatures features characteristic of Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticSituation subject to language shift toward Pashto and Urdu ⓘ
languageBranch Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Iranian languages ⓘ
Ormuri language ⓘ
minorityLanguageStatus minority dialect in Pakistan ⓘ
partOf South Waziristan linguistic landscape ⓘ
primaryRegion Kaniguram and surrounding areas ⓘ
region South Waziristan District ⓘ
script Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Arabic alphabet
spokenBy small number of speakers ⓘ
spokenIn Kaniguram ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
South Waziristan ⓘ
status locally confined dialect of Ormuri ⓘ
subdivisionOf Ormuri language ⓘ
usedBy Ormuri-speaking community of Kaniguram ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Ormur → hasDialect → Kaniguram dialect ⓘ