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ORU ISO 639-3

Ormuri

A language of Pakistan

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Baraki, Bargista, Berki, Birki, Brakee, Braki, Burki, Ormar, Ormari, Ormui, Ormur, Urmar, Urmuri, Warmaro
5,000 in Pakistan (2018), decreasing. Total users in all countries: 5,050.
Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: South Wazirstan agency, Kaniguram.
6b* (Threatened).
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Ormuri-Parachi
Kanigurami. Lexical similarity: 27% with Waneci [wne], 25%–33% with Pashto dialects.
Also use Central Pashto [pst]. Also use Urdu [urd].
Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.
OLAC resources in and about Ormuri
Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
Conflict in the Waziristan area from 2003 to 2017 has caused the displacement of Kaniguram’s population to the settled districts of Pakistan, such as Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Peshawar, and Karachi (Zeb 2020).
Ormuri
50 in Afghanistan (2011 SIL), decreasing. Ethnic population: 2,000.
Logar province: Charkh district, Baraki-Barak.
Logar.
8b (Nearly extinct)
Non-indigenous. Muslim.
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Location: Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: South Wazirstan agency, Kaniguram.