| Ormuri | |
|---|---|
| Baraki, Ormur, Ormui, Bargista | |
| اورموړی[1] | |
 | |
| Native to | Pakistan, Afghanistan |
| Region | South Waziristan and Logar |
Native speakers | 6,000 (2004)[2] |
| Perso-Arabic | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | oru |
| Glottolog | ormu1247 |
| ELP | Ormuri |
Ormuri (Ormuri: اورموړی Pashto: اورموړی) also known as Baraki, Ormur, Ormui or Bargista is an Eastern Iranian language spoken in Southeast Afghanistan and Waziristan. It is primarily spoken by the Burki people in the town of Kaniguram in South Waziristan and Logar, Afghanistan. The language belongs to the Eastern-Iranian language group. The extremely small number of speakers makes Ormuri an endangered language that is considered to be in a "threatened" state.
Ormuri is notable for its unusual sound inventory, which includes a voiceless alveolar trill that does not exist in the surrounding Pashto. Ormuri also has voiceless and voiced alveolo-palatal fricatives (the voiceless being contrastive with the more common voiceless palato-alveolar fricative), which also exist in the Waziristani dialect of Pashto, but could have been adopted from Ormuri due to its close proximity.[3]
- ^ "Ormuri language, alphabet and pronunciation".
- ^ Ormuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Dying Languages; Special Focus on Ormuri"[usurped]. Originally published in Pakistan Journal of Public Administration; Volume 6. No. 2 in December 2001. Khyber.ORG.