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Kati

A language of Afghanistan

ISO 639-3: bsh

Population  15,000 in Afghanistan (1994). Population total all countries: 19,400.
Region  Western Kativiri in Ramgal, Kulam, Ktivi, or Kantiwo, and Paruk or Papruk valleys; Mumviri in Mangul, Sasku, Gabalgrom villages in the Bashgal Valley; Eastern Kativiri in upper Bashgal Valley. Also in Pakistan.
Language map  Afghanistan, reference number 6
Alternate names   Bashgali, Kativiri, Nuristani
Dialects  Eastern Kativiri (Shekhani), Western Kativiri, Mumviri. Mumviri may be separate language.
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Nuristani
Language use  Also use Eastern Farsi [prs].
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Radio programs.
Comments  Kati is different from Kamviri [xvi] also called ‘Shekhani’. Men take turns every 20 days, taking goats to high summer pastures. CVC, CCVC, CV. Pastoralists: goats. Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Pakistan

Language name   Kati
Population  4,400 in Pakistan (1992).
Region  Eastern Kativiri in Chitral District, Gobar in Lutkuh Valley, Kunisht in Rumbur Valley, Shekhanan Deh in Bumboret Valley, Urtsun Valley.
Language map  Northern Pakistan, reference number 1
Alternate names  Bashgali, Kativiri, Nuristani
Dialects  Eastern Kativiri (Shekhani), Western Kativiri, Mumviri.
Comments  Eastern Kativiri dialect is often called Shekhani in Pakistan, but is different from the dialect of Kamviri [xvi] also called Shekhani in Southern Chitral.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

DECKER, Kendall D., author. 1992. Languages of Chitral.  Available online