ORU ISO 639-3
Ormuri
A language of Pakistan
- ISO 639
- oru
- Alternate Names
- Baraki, Bargista, Berki, Birki, Brakee, Braki, Burki, Ormar, Ormari, Ormui, Ormur, Urmar, Urmuri, Warmaro
- Population
- 5,000 in Pakistan (2018), decreasing. Total users in all countries: 5,050.
- Location:
- Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: South Wazirstan agency, Kaniguram.
- Language Status
- 6b* (Threatened).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Ormuri-Parachi
- Dialects
- Kanigurami. Lexical similarity: 27% with Waneci [wne], 25%–33% with Pashto dialects.
- Language Use
- Also use Central Pashto [pst]. Also use Urdu [urd].
- Language Development
- Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Ormuri
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
- Other Comments
- 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).
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Logar province: Charkh district, Baraki-Barak.
- Dialects
- Logar.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Muslim. View other languages of Afghanistan
Language Name
Ormuri
User Population
50 in Afghanistan (2011 SIL), decreasing. Ethnic population: 2,000.
Map
Location: Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: South Wazirstan agency, Kaniguram.
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