Mumviri dialect

Mumviri
Native to	Afghanistan
Region	basin of eastern Nuristan
Native speakers	perhaps 1,500 (1998)^[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Nuristani Kamkata-viri Mumviri
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	`mumv1239`^[2]
Linguasphere	`58-ACB-ac`

Mumviri is a dialect of the Kamkata-viri Nuristani language spoken by perhaps 1,500 of the Mumo people of Afghanistan. There are only slight differences to the Kata-vari, Mumviri has Kamviri phonetic features. The most used alternative name is Bashgali, which derive from Khowar.

Mumviri is spoken in the Mangul, Sasku and Gabalgrom in the Bashgal Valley.

References

↑ Richard F. Strand
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mumviri". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

The Mumo. Retrieved July 10, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush .

Nuristan: Hidden Land of the Hindu Kush -Includes a lexicon of Kamviri and more information.

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