Wotapuri-Katarqalai
[aka Wotapūrī-Katāqalāī, Wotapuri, Dardu]Classification: Indo-European
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Classification: Indo-European
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Wotapūrī-Katāqalāī, Wotapuri, Dardu, Katarkalai |
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Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern Zone |
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This language has also been classified as Indo-Iranian, Nuristani (Edel'man 1994) |
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
"Shifted to Pashto [pbu] or [pbt]. Also use Northern Pashto [pbu], Southern Pashto [pbt]."
"Nurestan Province, south of Waigali area, Wotapuri and Katarqalai towns."
Information from: “Glottolog” .
Information from: “Dardestān ii. Language” . Edel'man, D.I. (1994)
The central subgroup is further subdivided into northern and southern groupings. The northern grouping includes Khowar (or Chitrali, Chitrari, Chatrori, Arniya) and Kalasha in the Chitral region. The southern grouping includes Tirahi, Gawar (or Gawar-bati, lit., “language of the Gawar people”), Katarkalai (or Wotapuri, referring to another dialect), Shumashti, Glangali (closely related Ningalami, reported in the literature but apparently no longer extant), and Pashai, a large group of extremely divergent dialects or closely related languages, in the southern part of Nūrestān and adjacent areas.
Part of Nūrestān and adjacent areas along the Kabul river and its tributaries in the mountain region that encompasses northeastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, and northwestern India