Mumviri dialect

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

Mumviri is a dialect of the Kamkata-vari 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

• The Mumo. Retrieved July 10, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush [1].

External links

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