Mumviri | |
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Native to | Afghanistan |
Region | basin of eastern Nuristan |
Native speakers | (perhaps 1,500 cited 1998)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | mumv1239 |
Linguasphere | 58-ACB-ac |
Mumviri is a dialect of the Nuristani Kamkata-vari language, spoken by perhaps 1,500 of the Mumo people of Afghanistan. There are only slight differences to the Kata-vari, Mumviri has Kamviri phonetic features. The most used alternative name is Bashgali, which derive from Khowar.
Mumviri is spoken in the Mangul, Sasku and Gabalgrom in the Bashgal Valley.