Nuristani languages

Nuristani
Geographic
distribution		Nuristan (Afghanistan), Chitral (Pakistan)
EthnicityNuristanis
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Language codes

The Nuristani languages (زبان نورستانی) are one of the three groups in the Indo-Iranian language family. The other two languages being Indo-Aryan and Iranian. They are spoken mainly in the Nuristan Province of eastern Afghanistan and Chitral District of northwestern Pakistan. The speakers of the Nuristani languages are known as Nuristani people.

Languages

References

  1. ↑ SIL Ethnologue
  2. ↑ Morgenstierne, G. Irano-Dardica. Wiesbaden 1973; Morgenstierne, G. Die Stellung der Kafirsprachen. In Irano-Dardica, 327-343. Wiesbaden, Reichert 1975
  3. ↑ Strand, Richard F. (1973) "Notes on the Nûristânî and Dardic Languages." Journal of the American Oriental Society, 93.3: 297-305.
  4. ↑ "Nuristani languages | Indo-Iranian, Afghanistan, Indo-Aryan | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
  5. ↑ "Nuristani Languages". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2023-11-24.