(documentation SoutheastPashayiLanguage EnglishLanguage "The SoutheastPashayiLanguage is a PashayiGroupLanguage of Afghanistan. SIL code: DRA. ISO 639-2: inc. Population: No estimate available. Region: Upper and Lower Darrai Nur Valley, Damench, Shale (Shari). North of Shewa in Nangarhar Province, and adjacent regions of the Alingar Valley in southern Laghman Province. Alternate names: PASHAI. Dialects: DARRAI NUR, WEGAL, LAGHMAN, ALINGAR, KUNAR. Comments: Unintelligible to other Pashayi language speakers. In the upper Darrai Nur there are ten villages (including Bamba Kot, Lamatek, and Sutan) which form a single people group with their own dialect. Residents of the lower Darrai Nur (Nur River) are separate and perhaps not ethnically an organized people. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 5% to 15%. Muslim.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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