Mumviri

Infobox Language
name= Mumviri
familycolor= Indo-European
states= Afghanistan
region= basin of eastern Nuristan
speakers= 1,500 (Richard F. Strand)
fam2=Indo-Iranian
fam3=Nuristani
fam4=Kamkata-viri
nation="none"
iso1="none"|iso2="none"|iso3=|notice=Indic

Mumviri is a dialect of the Kamkata-viri 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" [http://users.sedona.net/~strand/Nuristani/Kamkata/Mumo/mumo.html] .

External links

* [http://users.sedona.net/~strand/ Nuristan: Hidden Land of the Hindu Kush] -Includes a lexicon of Kamviri and more information.