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Pashayi, Southeast

A language of Afghanistan

ISO 639-3: psi

Population	54,400 (2000).
Region	Upper and Lower Darrai Nur Valley, Damench, Shale (Shari); Nangarhar Province, north of Shewa; south Laghman Province, Alingar Valley area.
Language map	Afghanistan, reference number 15
Alternate names	Pashai
Dialects	Darrai Nur, Wegal, Laghman, Alingar, Kunar. Unintelligible to other Pashayi speakers. 10 villages in upper Darrai Nur (including Bamba Kot, Lamatek, and Sutan) form a single group with their own dialect. Residents of lower Darrai Nur (Nur River) are separate and perhaps not ethnically cohesive.
Classification	Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern zone, Dardic, Kunar, Pashayi
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Writing system	Arabic script.
Comments	Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

YUN, Ju-Hong, author. 2003. Pashai language development project: promoting Pashai language, literacy and community development.  

YUN, Ju-Hong, editor. 2010. Dar shi dari shera pan shi = On a mountain there is still a road .

Vernacular Publications

Bulbalas o warenjas xesai - Pashai xesa = The story of a nightingale and an ant - Peshai folk stories. 2005.

Dana dana orbali - Pashai metal: o gey = A collection of Pashai proverbs and songs. 2005.

Parandaina marazi au tis elaji (Avian flu and its remedy). 2006.

Pashai akaswala dikshanari - Pashai, Ingrizi, Paxto = An introductory pictorial word book in the Pashai of Afghanistan with Pashto and English. 2005.

Pashai alphabet book. 2005.

Pashai jabedi xesa (Stories in the Pashai language (level 3)). 2005.

Pashai jabedi xesa (Stories level 3, book 2). 2006.

Pashai jabedi xesa. 2006.

Pashai jabedi xesa. 2006.

Pashai jabedi xesa. 2006.

Pashai jebedi awalwala kitaab. 2010.

Pashai jebedi sada dikshanri = Pashai simple word lists and texts with English and Pashto . 2010.

Pashai jebedi xesa 1-4. 2006.

Pashai jebedi xesa 1-5. 2006.

Pashai Jebedi xesa 2-1. 2006.

Pashai jebes awal waataa likiikau parek ketab. 2006.

Pashai jebes do mangal parek ketabi: Pashai selabana u geramarasta parek tamreni. 2007.

Pashai matal. 2006.

Pashai pre-primer. 2006.

Pashai simple word list and texts with English and Pashto. 2005.

shazada o shazadigis xesi - Pashai xesa = The story of the prince and the princess - Pashai folk stories. 2005.

Tamaan duniyaa kochaa mashawur khesa 1: 1. Pinokio; 2. sodori aw jenaawaar. 2007.

Zendagii aantii bakaar aw mokhem khesaa 1: Roghatiaas khesaii. 2007.