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Ormuri

A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3: oru

Population  1,000 in Pakistan (2000 J. Owens). Population total all countries: 1,050.
Region  Kaniguram, a pocket in Mahsud Pashto area northwest of Dera Ismail Khan, Wazirstan. Also in Afghanistan.
Language map  Southern Pakistan
Alternate names   Baraki, Baraks, Bargista, Ormui, Ormur, Urmuri
Dialects  Kanigurami, Logar. Lexical similarity: 27% with Waneci [wne], 25%–33% with Pashto dialects.
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Ormuri-Parachi
Language use  Kanigurami retain the language.
Writing system  Arabic script.

Also spoken in:

Afghanistan

Language name   Ormuri
Population  50 in Afghanistan. Ethnic population: 2,000–5,000 in Afghanistan.
Region  Logar, Baraki-Barak.
Language map  Afghanistan
Alternate names  Baraks, Bargista, Oormuri, Ormui
Dialects  Kanigurami, Logar.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Comments  Muslim.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

EFIMOV, Valentin Aleksandrovič, author; BAART, Joan L. G., translator. 2011. The Ormuri Language in Past and Present.

HALLBERG, Daniel G., author. 1992. Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri.  Available online