Askunu language
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| Askunu | ||||
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| Spoken in: | Afghanistan | |||
| Region: | Pech Valley | |||
| Total speakers: | 1,200 (Ethnologue) | |||
| Language family: | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Nuristani Askunu |
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| Official language of: | none | |||
| Regulated by: | no official regulation | |||
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |||
| ISO 639-2: | none | |||
| ISO 639-3: | ask | |||
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Askunu is a language of Afghanistan spoken by the Askunu, Sanu, and Gramsana people in the region of Pech Valley around Wama, northwest of Asadabad in Kunar province. The most used alternative name for all three tribes is Ashkun, which is first noted by George Scott Robertson in 1896.
It is classified as member of the Nuristani sub-family of the Indo-Iranian languages.
[edit] References
- The Âskunu. Retrieved July 02, 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush [1].
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