Pashayi, Northeast

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A language of Afghanistan

ISO 639-3
aee
Alternate Names
Pashai
Population

54,400 (2000).

Location

Kunar Province west of Asadabad, side valleys between Kunar and Pech rivers.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous). Statutory language of national identity (2004, Constitution, Article 16(2)).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern zone, Dardic, Pashayi
Dialects

Aret, Chalas (Chilas), Kandak, Kurangal, Kurdar. Unintelligible of other Pashayi speakers. Lexical similarity: approximately 30% with Southeast Pashayi [psi] and Southwest Pashayi [psh].

Typology

SOV

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Poetry.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Pashayi, Northeast
Writing
Unwritten.
Other Comments

Kandak, Shemul, Aret, Shumasht, and Kordar villages belong to the Chugani people; Chalas and Kurangal are separate. Muslim (Sunni).