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ASK ISO 639-3

Ashkun

A language of Afghanistan

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Ashkund, Ashkuni, Ashkunu viri, Wamais, Wamayi
Population
40,000 (2011), increasing. 4,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 40,000.
Location:
Nuristan province: Wama district, Pech valley; Duab and Nurgaram districts, east side of lower Alingar valley; Bajagal, Kolatan, Malil wa Mushfa, and Titin valleys; Kunar province: Chapa Dara district.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Nuristani
Dialects
Ashuruviri (Kolata, Titin Bajaygul), Gramsukraviri, Suruviri (Wamai). Not intelligible with the other Nuristani languages.
Language Use
All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use Northern Pashto [pbu].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ashkun
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments
Spoken in the central and western Nuristan valleys, which also divide divergent dialects. Muslim.

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Location: Nuristan province: Wama district, Pech valley; Duab and Nurgaram districts, east side of lower Alingar valley; Bajagal, Kolatan, Malil wa Mushfa, and Titin valleys; Kunar province: Chapa Dara district.