Infobox language family name Nuristani region Nuristan familycolor Indo European fam2 Indo Iranian languages Indo Iranian The Nuristani Nurestani languages lang fa are one of the three groups within the Indo Iranian languages Indo Iranian language family , alongside the much larger Indo Aryan languages Indo Aryan and Iranian languages Iranian groups. ref SIL International SIL Ethnologue ... Nuristanilanguages are subject object verb SOV like most of the Indo iranian languages adjacent to it such as other Indo Aryan languages Indo Aryan and Iranian languages Iranian and many other languages in Asia, distinct from Dardic for the apparent V2 word order V2 verb order which is notably used in German language German , Old English and Dutch language Dutch . The languages were often confused ... according to Grjunberg 1999 History The Nuristanilanguages were not described in the literature until the 19th century. The older name for the region was Kafiristan and the languages were termed Kafir ... to Islam in 1896. Nuristanilanguages are generally regarded as an independent group, as one ... estimated to speak them, they must be considered endangered languages . There are five Nuristanilanguages ... Nuristani people now speak other languages, such as Persian language Persian and Pashto two official ... show family.asp?subid 90795 http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 90795 NuristaniLanguages ... mun language Garhwali Nuristani people Nuristan Province Indo Iranian languages Category Nuristani ... 1975 ref ref Strand, Richard F. 1973 Notes on the N rist n and Dardic Languages. Journal of the American ... loanwords present in Dardic. Languages Askunu language Askunu Ashkun 2,000 speakers Kamkata ... . However, sometimes it is classified in the Dardic languages branch of the Indo Iranian language Indo Iranian language family , while another theory characterized it as originally Eastern Iranian languages Iranian , but greatly influenced by the nearby Dardic languages . In any event, it would seem ... more details
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. See also Nuristan Province Nuristanilanguages Kalash disambiguation Garhwali Demographics of Afghanistan ... cite web url http nuristan.info Nuristani Nuristanis1.html title Peoples and Languages of Nurist n ...Ethnic group group Nuristani people image File Girl in a Kabul orphanage, 01 07 2002.jpg 200px poptime ca. 125,000 300,000 ref name LOC popplace Nuristan Province langs Nuristanilanguages , Pashto language Pashto and Dari Persian Persian Dari rels Sunni Islam related Kalash people Kalash The Nuristani ... before the 19th century, they are often farmers, herders, and dairymen. The Nuristani are distinguished ... Branch. However there are other Nuristani tribes as well, some of KATA of Janaderi people live ... of Congress, 2001. ref The Nuristani were formerly classified into Siah Posh black robed Kafirs and Safed ... s rule around 1895. They are now known as Nuristani. However, they have retained some of their old ... and local conversions. Genetics The Nuristani people s closest relation is to the Kalash people. Furthermore ... East blue and with South Asia red . Soviet war in Afghanistan General Issa Nuristani was second in command ... . Before his assassination, General Issa called the Nuristani people in a Jihad against the Soviet Army. The Nuristani people were among the first in Afghanistan to rise against the Soviet invasion ... Koms tribe, the Nuristani were the first citizens of Afghanistan to successfully revolt against ... Nuristani. Now they normally use Kuraishi with their names. Tribes Image AfghanistanNurestan.png thumb 225px right Nuristan, in light green The Nuristani do not have a formal tribal structure as the Pashtuns ... 20Trees Nuristani.pdf Nuristani Tribal Tree US Naval Postgraduate School Note this source has been ... of the Hindu Kush author Strand, Richard F. year 1999 present DEFAULTSORT Nuristani People Category Nuristani people bg de Nuristani eo Nuristananoj fa hi hr Nuristanci it Nuristani ml pl Nurista czycy ru sh Nuristanci fi Nuristanilaiset ... more details
Issa Nuristani or Issa Khan Nuristan was a community leader among the Safed Posh tribe in Nuristan , Afghanistan , who led a group of Nuristani people in rebellion against the Soviets at the start of the Soviet Afghan War . He was assassinated early in the conflict. ref Ron Clark Ball . http books.google.com books?id AaTUudWxn60C&pg PA360&dq Issa Nuristani&cd 1 v onepage&q Issa 20Nuristani&f false Falcon on the Tower . Lulu.com, 2007. ISBN 0615140165, 9780615140162 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Nuristani, Issa ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Nuristani, Issa Category Nuristani people Category Afghan tribal leaders Category People of the Soviet war in Afghanistan Category Year of death missing afghanistan bio stub ... more details
Infobox Governor name Mohammad Tamim Nuristani br image imagesize 225px caption order office Governor of Nuristan Province , Afghanistan term start early 2005 term end lieutenant predecessor successor birth date birth place Nuristan Province Nuristan , Afghanistan death date death place spouse profession party religion Muslim order2 term start2 term end2 predecessor2 successor2 Mohammad Tamim Nuristani lang ps is a businessman and politician from Nuristan Province of Afghanistan . ref name NPS http www.nps.edu programs ccs Docs Executive Summaries Nuristan Executive Summary.pdf ref Mohammad Tamin is the current governor of Nuristan Province. ref http www.reliefweb.int rw RWB.NSF db900SID KKEE 6DSPE7?OpenDocument ref Nuristani has spent considerable time abroad as a student in Germany and in the restaurant business in Brooklyn and California . ref name NPS Notes Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Nuristani, Mohammad Tamim ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Governor of Nuristan Province , Afghanistan DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH Nuristan Province Nuristan , Afghanistan DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Nuristani, Mohammad Tamim Category Afghan governors Category Living people Category Nuristani people Afghanistan politician stub ... more details
Abdul Qadir Nuristani was an Ministry of Interior Afghanistan Afghan Minister of the Interior during the Republic of Afghanistan . Abdul Qadir had previously been a Chief of Police noted for his brutality. He replaced minister Faiz Mohammad , a purged Parchamite , in late 1975. ref Beverley Male. http books.google.com books?id cYOAAAAQAAJ&pg PA57&dq 22Abdul Qadir Nuristani 22&hl en&ei wJe1S8PZHsGblgfbnNCUBA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CDMQ6AEwAA v onepage&q 22Abdul 20Qadir 20Nuristani 22&f false Revolutionary Afghanistan a reappraisal . Taylor & Francis, 1982. ISBN 0 7099 1716 3, 9780709917168 ref References reflist Persondata NAME Abdul Qadir Nuristani ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Minister of the Interior of Afghanistan DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category Afghan police officers Category Government ministers of Afghanistan Category Nuristani people Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people afghanistan politician stub ... more details
Infobox Governor name Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani image Nuristani in December 2009 cropped.jpg imagesize 200px caption Dr. Ahmad Yusef Nuristani in December 2009 order office List of governors of Herat Governor of Herat Province , Afghanistan term start January 18, 2009 term end lieutenant predecessor Sayed Hussein Anwari successor Daud Shah Saba order2 office2 term start2 term end2 lieutenant2 predecessor2 successor2 order3 office3 term start3 term end3 lieutenant3 predecessor3 successor3 birth name birth date birth place Afghanistan death date residence spouse religion alma mater profession party footnotes Physician Dr. Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani is a politics of Afghanistan politician in Afghanistan . He was the spokesperson for President of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai during the interim administration. Subsequently, he was appointed as Ministry of Water and Energy Afghanistan Water and Energy during the transitional period of Afghan government. ref cite news url http www.irinnews.org report.aspx?reportid 19587 title AFGHANISTAN Interview with irrigation and environment minister date 2003 04 08 publisher Integrated Regional Information Networks accessdate 24 January 2010 ref In January 2005, he became First Deputy Minister of Defense. From February 2009 to August 2010 he served as the List of governors of Herat Governor of Herat Province . ref cite news url http www.atimes.com atimes South Asia KJ22Df01.html title Herat mourns a rebel commander last Saber first Mustafa date 2009 10 22 publisher Asia Times accessdate 24 January 2010 ref ref http www.nps.edu programs ccs Herat ... here by WebCitation . ref Early years and education Nuristani was born in Afghanistan. Later years and careers Nuristani used to serve in the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, for several years ... s end AfghanGov Afghanistan politician stub Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Nuristani ... OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Nuristani, Ahmed Yusuf Category Afghan governors Nuristani Category ... more details
Image Language map.JPG right thumb 250px Languages spoken in Pakistan Chitral is the northernmost district in Pakistan s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and is a former Princely State . Despite being in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chitral is not a Pashtun area. Chitral shares much of its history and culture with the neighboring territories of Gilgit Baltistan , Nuristan and Badakhshan . The major language of Chitral is Khowar , a Dardic langanuage known as Chitrali language. Accoording to the research of Rehmat Aziz Chitrali , Director Khowar Academy most of the minority languages spoken in Chitral are also Dardic including Kalasha , Gawarbati , Dameli , Madaklashti , Kirghizi and Phalula . Iranian languages Iranic languages spoken by immigrant groups in Chitral include Pashto , Persian people Persian , and Wakhi . An indigenous Iranic language spoken in Chitral is Yidgha . There are also migrants form Nuristan who speak several Nuristani dialects. Finally there is a large community if Gujjar herdmen who were originally nomadic, but have now settled permanently in parts of Lower Chitral and they speak the Indo Aryan languages Indo Aryan Gojri Language. Thus Chitral is considered to be one of the most lingusitically diverse regions in the world, but nearly all of these groups use Khowar as a lingua franca for inter ethnic communication, except for the southernmost part of the district where Pashto plays that role. Category Chitral District Category Languages of Chitral ... more details
Nuristani Kati are spoken by minority groups across the country. In 1980, these languages were ... in any one of Uzbeki, Turkmani, Pachaie, Nuristani, Baluchi or Pamiri languages, any of the aforementioned languages, in addition to Pashto and Dari, shall be the third official language, the usage of which shall be regulated by law . Minor languages include NuristanilanguagesNuristani Askunu language ...Languages of country Afghanistan image Map of Languages in Afghanistan, by district.svg caption Ethnolinguistics ... is home to more than 40 languages, ref Harald Haarmann Sprachen Almanach Zahlen und Fakten ... Persian and Pashto also known as Pakhto or Afghani . Both are Indo European languages from the Iranian languages sub family. ref name CAL lang cite web url http www.cal.org co afghan alang.html title ... States date June 30, 2002 ref Other important regional languages, such as Turkmen language Turkmen ... cite web author url http www.iranicaonline.org articles afghanistan v languages title AFGHANISTAN v. Languages quote publisher Encyclop dia Iranica , online ed. work Ch. M. Kieffer accessdate 2010 12 ... Tregami and Kalasha ala language Kalasha ala , Pamir languages Shughni language Shughni , Wakhi language ... EBchecked topic 7798 Afghanistan 226122 Languages title Languages of Afghanistan work accessdate publisher ... primary languages class wikitable Language World Factbook ref https www.cia.gov library publications ... Cite web url http www.ethnologue.com 14 show country.asp?name Afghanistan title Languages of Afghanistan work SIL International publisher Ethnologue Ethnologue Languages of the World accessdate ... http www.iranicaonline.org articles afghanistan v languages title AFGHANISTAN v. Languages quote A. Official languages. Pa t 1 is the native tongue of 50 to 55 percent of Afghans... Persian 2 is the language ... 2.5 style text align center More than 35 other languages 4 According to a 2006 opinion poll ... of Languages of the World published in 2009, Pashto is the native language of 60 of the Afghan population ... more details
Iranian languages The Dardic group has traditionally been defined as a sub group of the Indo Aryan languages which experienced strong influence from the NuristanilanguagesNuristani and Eastern Iranian languages East Iranian languages. NuristanilanguagesNuristani , a group of languages spoken ... Aryan Ae ikk kora ai . Assi Tokyo javange . See also Dard people Nuristanilanguages Notes 1. note ... Indo Iranian languages Indo Iranian fam3 Indo Aryan languages Indo Aryan child1 Chitral child2 Kashmiri language Kashmiri child3 Kohistani languages Kohistani child4 Kunar languages Kunar child5 Shina languages Shina The Dardic languages Perso Arabic script Perso Arabic nastaliq , Devanagari are a sub group of the Indo Aryan languages Indo Aryan languages spoken in northern ... Citation title One thousand languages living, endangered, and lost author Peter K. Austin year 2008 ... quote ... Kashmiri is one of the twenty two national languages of India, and belongs to the Dardic group, a non genetic term that covers about two dozen Indo Aryan languages spoken in geographically ... quote ... Dardic Group of about fifteen Indo Iranian languages in northwestern India the most ... The Written Languages of the World A Survey of the Degree and Modes of Use, Volume 2 India author ... all the languages of the Dardic group, Kashmiri is the only one which has a long literary tradition ... ref Languages Dardic languages can be organized into the following subfamilies ref name munshi2008 Pashai languages Pashayi language Pashayi Kunar languages Gawar Bati language Gawar Bati , Dameli ... Chitral languages Khowar language Khowar and Kalash language Kalasha Kohistani languages Kalami language ... language Wotapuri Katarqalai and Tirahi language Tirahi Shina languages Shina language Shina ... language Domaaki , Palula language Palula and Savi language Savi Kashmiri languages Kashmiri language ... of the Dardic languages. The very existence of the family has been called into question by some, though ... more details
About the Iranian languageslanguages spoken in Iran Languages of Iran the official language of Iran ... , Central Asia , and western South Asia familycolor Indo European fam2 Indo Iranian languages Indo Iranian protoname Proto Iranian language Proto Iranian child1 Western Iranian languages Western Iranian child2 Eastern Iranian languages Eastern Iranian iso2 ira iso5 ira File Iranian Family Tree v2.0.png thumb 325px Iranian language family tree The Iranian languages also called Iranic languages form a subfamily of the Indo Iranian languages Indo Iranian languages which in turn are a subgroup of the Indo European languages Indo European language family . The speakers of Iranian languages are known as Iranian peoples . The Iranian languages are considered in three stages of Old until 400 BCE , Middle 400 BCE 900 CE , and New since 900 CE . From the Old Iranian languages the better understood ... Avestan the language of Zarathushtra . Middle Iranian languages included Middle Persian a language ... languages, the largest amongst them are Persian language Persian , Pashto , Kurdish language Kurdish ... of Iranian languages. ref name Wind cite book last Windfuhr first Gernot title The Iranian languages ... ref The Ethnologue lists 87 Iranian languages. ref name SIL cite journal last Gordon first Raymond G., Jr. ed. title Report for Iranian languages journal Ethnologue Languages of the World year 2005 ..., and Lurish language Lurish about 2.3 million. The term See also Indo Iranian languages The term ... in which Iranian languages, i.e. descendants of Proto Iranian, have been spoken stretches from western ... gave birth to the various northern Indian languages over time. ref name Skj rv 2006 Taken together all Iranian, Indo Aryan languages Indo Aryan , and NuristanilanguagesNuristani ref the Nuristanilanguages, appears to constitute a separate branch of Indo Iranian, but the exact relationship is disputed . cf. Harv Skj rv 2006 ref languages form the Indo Iranian branch of the Indo European language ... more details
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Siberian languages may refer to any languages spoken in Siberia, including the Eskimo Aleut languages spoken in Siberia the Mongolic languages spoken in Siberia the Paleosiberian languages the Siberian Turkic languages the Russian dialects spoken in Siberia the Tungusic languages spoken in Siberia the Uralic languages spoken in Siberia disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Many languages are indigenous to Oceania they belong to several families. The Austronesian languages Austronesian family is the most common, found throughout many Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Australia is home to many diverse families of Languages of Australia indigenous languages Pama Nyungan languages Gunwinyguan languages Macro Pama Nyungan languages Southwest Pama Nyungan languages Bunaban languages 2 languages in two branches Daly languages 11 19 languages in four branches, including Murrinh Patha language Murrinh Patha Limilngan languages 2 languages, extinct? Djeragan languages 3 5 languages in two branches Nyulnyulan languages 4 8 languages in one branch Wororan languages 7 12 languages in three branches Indo Pacific languages Andaman languagesLanguages of Papua New Guinea Tasmanian languages Also, the languages of European settlers and colonial powers are common in the region, such as English in Australia and New Zealand , Spanish language Spanish in Easter Island , and French in New Caledonia , etc. There are also creole language creoles formed from the interaction of the European and indigenous languages, such as Tok Pisin , Hawaiian Pidgin , Norfuk and Pitkern . See also List of extinct languages of Oceania Navboxes list Languages of Oceania Countries and languages lists DEFAULTSORT Languages Of Oceania Category Languages of Oceania Au lang stub bn ru ... more details
Infobox language family name Awan region Colombia and Ecuador familycolor American fam1 Barbacoan languages Barbacoan sil 904 16 The Awan languages are Barbacoan languages that include the Awa Pit language and the Pasto languages spoken in Ecuador and Colombia . Pasto is extinct. DEFAULTSORT Awan Languages Category Awan languages Category Languages of Ecuador Category Barbacoan languages Category Endangered indigenous languages of the Americas Na lang stub es Lenguas ahuanas mk ... more details
Infobox language family name Bel region Northern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 North New Guinea languages North New Guinea ? fam6 Ngero Vitiaz languages Ngero Vitiaz child1 Astrolabe languages child2 Nuclear Bel languages sil 2324 16 The eight Bel languages form a group of Austronesian languages of northern Papua New Guinea . Components Astrolabe languages Nuclear Bel languages DEFAULTSORT Bel Languages Category Western Oceanic languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Au lang stub ... more details
The languages of the Bomberai Peninsula of Indonesian New Guinea fall into several groups West Bomberai languages Papuan, west and south Irarutu language Austronesian, most of the interior North Bomberai languages Austronesian, off the coast Bedoanas Erokwanas languages minor Austronesian languages labeled Bomberai in Ethnologue dab ... more details
Infobox language family name Astrolabe region Madang Province , Papua New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 North New Guinea languages North New Guinea ? fam6 Ngero Vitiaz languages Ngero Vitiaz fam7 Bel languages Bel sil 2325 16 The three Astrolabe languages form a small group of Austronesian languages of Madang Province , Papua New Guinea Awad Bing language Awad Bing , Mindiri language Mindiri , Wab language Wab DEFAULTSORT Astrolabe Languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Category Western Oceanic languages Au lang stub hr Astrolabski jezici ... more details
Infobox language family name Kowan familycolor Papuan region Madang Province fam1 Trans New Guinea fam2 Madang languages Madang fam3 Southern Adelbert Range Kowan sil 2440 16 The Kowan languages are a small family of languages spoken in the Adelbert Range area of Madang Province , Papua New Guinea . The languages are Waskia language Waskia , with 20,000 speakers, and Korak language Korak , with 500. DEFAULTSORT Kowan Languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Category Kowan languages pa lang stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Mahakam altname Barito Mahakam region south Borneo , Madagascar familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Barito languages Barito The Mahakam or Barito Mahakam languages are a couple closely related Dayak languages Dayak Austronesian languages Austronesian languages of Borneo Ampanang language Ampanang , Tunjung language Tunjung Category Barito languages au lang stub fr Langues barito mahakam hr Mahakam jezici it Lingue barito mahakam mk ... more details
Infobox language family name Banggi region Sabah familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Bornean languages Bornean ? fam4 Sabahan languages Sabahan The Banggi languages also Bangay are a pair of languages, Bonggi language Bonggi and Molbog language Molbog , spoken in Sabah on Borneo , on Palawan in the Philippines, and on the islands in between. External links Ethnologue bdg Category Sabahan languages Category Languages of the Philippines Category Article Feedback 5 au lang stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Bekati altname region Borneo ethnicity Bidayuh familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Indo Melanesian languages Indo Melanesian fam4 Bornean languages Bornean ? fam5 Land Dayak languages Land Dayak Bekati is a group of Bidayuh Dayak languages of Borneo Bekati language Bekati Bekatiq , Sara language Indonesia Sara , Lara language Lara Rara Category Land Dayak languages Category Languages of Indonesia au lang stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Sabahan altname region Sabah , Borneo familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Indo Melanesian languages Indo Melanesian fam4 Bornean languages Bornean ? The Sabahan languages are a group of Austronesian languages centered on the Bornean province of Sabah . Languages The constituents from Blust 1991 mentioned explicitly in Adelaar & Himmelmann 2005 are, Banggi languages Banggi 2 Dusunic languages Dusunic 15 Paitanic languages Paitanic 4 Ida an language Ida an Murutic languages Murutic 7 Tidong languages Tidong 5 A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the unity of Murutic languages Murutic and Ida an language Ida an . However, the other branches were not considered. References K. Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005. http language.psy.auckland.ac.nz austronesian research.php Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Category Sabahan languages au lang stub fr Langues sabahanes mk ... more details
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