Pashayi, Northwest
PrintA language of Afghanistan
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Pashai
Population
70,000 (2011 SIL).
Location
Kapisa and Laghman provinces, Gulbahar to Nuristan on Alingar river, Alisheng valley, valleys north of Sarobi.
Language Maps
Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Dialects
Alasai, Bolaghain, Gulbahar, Kohnadeh, Laurowan, Najil, Nangarach, Pachagan, Pandau, Parazhghan, Pashagar, Sanjan, Shamakot, Shutul, Uzbin, Wadau. Unintelligible of other Pashayi speakers. Lexical similarity: approximately 30% with Southeast Pashayi [psi].
Typology
SOV
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten.
Muslim (Sunni).