Vasi-vari language
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| Vasi-vari | ||||||
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| Spoken in | Afghanistan | |||||
| Region | Prasun Valley | |||||
| Native speakers | 1,000 (2000) | |||||
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Indo-European
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| ISO 639-3 | prn | |||||
| Linguasphere | 58-ACB-b | |||||
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Vasi-vari is a language spoken by the Vasi in a few villages in the Prasun Valley in Afghanistan. The most used alternative names are Prasuni or Prasun, which derive from Pashto.
Vasi-vari belongs to the Indo-European language family, and is on the Nuristani group of the Indo-Iranian branch.
Its speakers have been estimated at 1,000 (2000) and are 100% Muslim. Literacy rates are low: below 1% for people who have it as a first language, and between 15% and 25% for people who have it as a second language.
Vasi-vari is the most isolated of the Nuristani languages.
[edit] References
- The Vâsi. Retrieved July 2, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush [1].
- Prasuni. Retrieved June 13, 2006, from Ethnologue: Languages of the World, fifteenth edition. SIL International. Online version.
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